What explanations did the delegates have for brockdorff rantzau reading his reply while remaining seated ?

i'd assume india mainly because of how isolated japan was.   plus it is a whole china away.

to act quickly in times of danger to the united states

because you have to act quickly if you want to live/survive.

this forms a narrow, steep sided inlet (sometimes deeper than 1300 metres) connected to the sea. the terminal moraine pushed down the valley by the glacier is left underwater at the fjord’s entrance, causing the water at the neck of the fjord to be shallower than the main body of the fjord behind it.