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If I write in my name to the agents of England and France residing in Asia and inform them that Japan is ready to make a commercial treaty with their countries, the number of steamers will be reduced from fifty to two or three. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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In case of war, a treaty would have to be made at the end of the war. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with time. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family. ↗

— Townsend Harris

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