You, and he's talking to, I believe, the foreign minister, who is an aggressive proponent of the opium wars, you will be called upon to show cause for your present intention of making war upon the Chinese. They gave us notice to abandon the contraband trade, the trade in opium, when they found that we would not. They had the right to drive us from their coasts on account of our obstinacy in persisting in this infamous and atrocious traffic. And opium was addictive. And William Gladstone had personal experience with this. His sister became addicted to opium. He went on to say, I am not competent to judge how long this war may last.