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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
By means of steam one can go from California to Japan in eighteen days.
I could never understand how we could put 120,000 Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remember being bewildered about that.
Almost a century has passed since Japan first entered the world community by concluding a treaty of amity with the United States of America in 1854.
Alabama farmers want a chance to complete fairly in Japan, but they can't if the Japanese won't let us in.
As the treaty made with the United States was the first treaty entered into by your country with other countries, therefore the President regards Japan with peculiar friendliness.
It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China?
If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.
I will aim to restore the Japan-U.S. alliance and Japan's strong diplomatic capabilities. Japan can't pursue a strong foreign policy without strengthening its alliance with the United States.
The President is of opinion that if Japan makes a treaty with the United States, all other foreign countries will make the same kind of a treaty, and Japan will be safe thereafter.