Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed...#Townsend Harris
It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require;...#Townsend Harris
It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want...#Townsend Harris
If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more...#Townsend Harris
Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded...#Townsend Harris
