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.

The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.

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.

The President regards the Japanese as a brave people; but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts; hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been made with the ambassador of the United States, and they will rest satisfied with this.