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 countri...

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.

quote by Townsend Harris
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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