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Ulysses S. Grant: “It is our desire to continue to maintain this disinterested and just policy with China as well as Japan.”

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It is our desire to continue to maintain this disinterested and just policy with China as well as Japan.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Grant expresses the desire of the United States to maintain a fair and just policy towards both China and Japan.

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