King, Rufus, correspondence with Miranda, 17-20. Knox, P. C., investigates title of Panama Canal Company, 185; tries to settle differences with Colombia resulting from Panama Revolution, 270-274; Central American policy, 282- 285.
Lansing, Robert, secretary of
state, negotiates treaty for purchase of Danish West Indies, 290; suggests adop- tion of Declaration of Rights and Duties of Nations, 305. Latin America, and the Great
Laybach, conference of powers at, 59.
League of Nations, and Mon-
roe Doctrine, 333, 334. Lee, Fitzhugh, consul-general at Havana, 129. Lincoln, Abraham, views on Panama canal, 151. Liverpool, Lord, on conference
at Aix-la-Chapelle, 58; on French intervention in Spain, 63.
Lodge, H. C., on alleged secret alliance with England, 266; reservation of Monroe Doc- trine, 333.
Lôme, Enrique Dupuy de, inci- dent and recall, 129, 130. Loomis, F. B., acting secretary of state, 188. Lopez, Narciso, Cuban patriot, 92-96.
Louis Napoleon. See Bona- parte.
Louis Philippe, suggested as possible ruler for Spanish
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policy of, 128-132; demands cession of Philippine Islands, 135.
McLane, R. M., minister to Mexico, 195.
Mackintosh, Sir
James, on Monroe's message of Decem- ber 2, 1823, 78.
Madero, Francisco, murder of, 307.
Madison, James, receives Mi- randa informally, 20; favors joint action with England against intervention of powers in Spanish America, 70; views on Cuba, 84. Magoon, C. E., provisional governor of Cuba, 142. Magruder, J. B., accepts office under Maximilian in Mexico,
Maine, U. S. battleship, sent to
Havana, 129; blown up, 130. Marcy, William L., secretary of
state, Cuban policy of. 99-105. Maritime Canal Company, se- cures concessions from Ni-
caragua, 183. Mason, John Y., connection
with Ostend Manifesto, 104. Maury, M. F., accepts office under Maximilian in Mexico,
Maximilian, Archduke Ferdi- nand, suggested for Mexican throne, 208-211; offered the position of Empe or of Mex- ico, 215; not recognized by
the United States, 218, 219; career in Mexico, 220-234; death, 237. Mexico, becomes independent of Spain, 45-47; frequent changes of government in, 193; claims of foreigners against, 196; joint interven- tion of England, France, and Spain, 203-212; war with United States, 263, 264; re- lations with United States under Huerta, 307-309; un- der Carranza, 309-311; hot- bed of German intrigue, 316. Miles, Nelson A., occupies
Porto Rico, 134. Miranda, Francisco de, plans
for revolutionizing Spanish America, 15-19; organizes expedition in New York, 20; attempts to land in Vene- zuela, 21, 22; takes part in Venezuelan revolution, 38; imprisonment and death, 39. Monroe, James, attitude toward
South American struggle for independence, 52, 53; letter to Jefferson on Canning's proposals, 67, 68; message of December 2, 1823, 76, 77. Monroe Doctrine, text of mes- sage of December 2, 1823, 76-77; and Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 157, 159, 175, 176; and French intervention in Mex- ico, 222, 223; asserted by President Cleveland in Vene- zuelan boundary dispute, 238- 249; tested by Germany, 249- 255; imperialistic tendencies of, 290, 291, 329; President Wilson's statement of, before Pan American Scientific Con-
ference, 306-307; an execu- tive policy, 320; relation to European balance of power, 321, 322; attitude of England toward, 322; consistently in- terpreted, 323; does not per- mit transfer of American colonies from one European power to another, 323, 324; reservation of, at Hague Conference, 325, 326; as ap- plied by President Roosevelt, 326, 327; proposals to Pan Americanize, 330; probable effects of Great War on, 331, 332; distinct from policy of isolation, 332, 333; recog- nized in covenant of League of Nations, 333; Lodge reser- vation, 333; definition of, demanded by Salvador, 334. Moore, John Bassett, secretary of commission to negotiate peace with Spain, 135; on Monroe Doctrine, 323. Morgan, J. T., advocates Ni- caragua canal route, 184. Mosquito Coast, Great Bri- tain's claims to, 157-159; British interference in, 178- 180.
Motley, J. L., minister to Aus- tria, 232, 233.
Naón, R. S., Argentine ambas- sador to the United States, on "European War and Pan Americanism," 316-318. Napoleon. See Bonaparte. New Granada. See Colombia. Nicaragua, signs canal treaty of 1867 with United States, 166; canal treaty of 1884 withdrawn from Senate by
Cleveland, 177; sovereignty over Mosquito Coast, 178- 180; relations with United States under Roosevelt, 280, 281; under Taft, 282-285; under Wilson, 285-288; treaty of 1916, 286. Nicaragua Canal, comparative
merits of Nicaragua and Panama routes, 145, 146; draft of treaty for construc- tion of canal, 152, 153; route investigated by Walker com- mission, 182.
O'Higgins, Bernardo, Chilean patriot, 32, 33. Olney, Richard, secretary of state, on Cuba, 127; on Clay- ton-Bulwer treaty, 180; in- terpretation of Monroe Doc- trine in Venezuelan boundary dispute, 240.
Ostend Manifesto, 104, 105. Ouseley, Sir William, mission
to Central America, 162-164.
Palma, T. E., first president of
Cuba, 140, 142. Panama, Republic of, recog- nized by President Roose- velt, 189; leases Canal Zone to United States, 191. Panama Canal, comparative
merits of Panama and Ni- caragua routes, 145, 146; treaty of 1846 with Colom- bia, 149; opened to com- merce, 191. Panama Canal Company, or- ganized by De Lesseps, 167; reorganization and extension of concession, 182; offers to sell to United States, 184, 185.
Panama Congress, 292-295. Panama Railroad, 146, 150. Panama Revolution, 187-189. Pan American Financial Con- ferences, 304.
Pan American Scientific Con- ferences, 304.
Pan American Union, 303. Pan Americanism, definition of, 292; promoted by Presi- dent Wilson's Mexican policy, 309, 311; put to test in the Great War, 312-317. Pecuniary Claims, against Mex- ico, 196, 197; British policy in regard to, 198; attempt to collect by force from Vene- zuela, 249-257; Resolutions of Second Hague Confer- ence, 259, 260; considered by International American Con- ferences, 302, 303.
Peru, liberation of, 33-37; war with Spain, 298; with Chile, 299, 300; severs relations with Germany, 316. Philippine Islands, ceded to United States, 135, 136. Pierce, Franklin, Cuban policy of, 99-105.
Platt Amendment, text of, 138- 139; treaty with Nicaragua embodying, defeated by Sen- ate, 285, 286; applied in part to Haiti, 289.
Poinsett, Joel R., 49, 53. Polk, J. K., and Mexican War, 263, 264.
Porter, Horace, presents reso-
lution to Hague Conference of 1907 on forcible collection of pecuniary claims, 259. Porto Rico, cession of, de- manded by United States, 135.
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withheld from
Huerta, 308. See Belliger- ent Rights.
Reed, Walter, yellow-fever in- vestigations, 137.
Reid, Whitelaw, commissioner to negotiate peace with Spain, 135.
Roosevelt, Theodore, and Cu- ban reciprocity, 140-142; signs canal bill, 185; de- nounces Colombia's rejection of Hay-Herran convention, 186; recognizes Republic of Panama, 189; on acquisition of Canal Zone, 190; creates strained relations with Col- ombia, 192; on Monroe Doc- trine, 251; interview with Holleben on German inter- vention in Venezuela, 252- 254; refuses to arbitrate Panama question, 268; de- nounces Bryan treaty with Colombia as blackmail, 275; establishes financial super- vision over Dominican Re- public, 276-280; Central American policy, 280, 281; attempts to purchase Danish West Indies, 290; interpreta- tion of Monroe Doctrine, 326, 327.
Root, Elihu, author of Platt Amendment, 139; attempts to settle differences with Co- lombia, 268-270; visits South America, 303; on Monroe Doctrine, 330, 331. Rush, Richard, minister to England, conferences with
Canning on schemes of Holy Alliance, 65-67, 72, 73. Russia, claims to northwestern coast of America, 75.
Sagasta, P. M., Spanish minis- ter, Cuban policy of, 128. Salisbury, Lord, reply to O1- ney's dispatch on Venezuelan boundary dispute, 242; agrees to arbitration of the boundary dispute, 248.
Salvador, protests against pro- tectorate over Nicaragua, 285-287; requests official defi- nition of Monroe Doctrine, 334. Sampson, W. T., blockades Cuba, 134.
San Ildefonso, secret treaty of, 261.
San Martin, José de, takes part in Argentine revolution, 30- 32; liberates Chile, 32, 33; liberates Peru, 33-37; rela- tions with Bolivar, 43, 44; death, 45.
Santo Domingo, annexation proposed by Seward, 264, by Grant, 265. See Dominican Republic.
Schenck, Robert C., minister to England, 120. Schofield, J. M., informal mis- sion to France, 227. Seward, W. H., views on Panama canal, 151; favors expansion, 165; raises ques- tion as to binding force of Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 166; proposes to assume payment of interest on foreign debt of Mexico, 200; declines to unite with European powers
in measures against Mexico, 205, 206; attitude towards French in Mexico, 214-231; efforts to annex Santo Do- mingo and Danish West Indies, 264, 265. Shaw, Albert, and Panama Revolution, 189. Sherman, John, secretary of state, 128.
Sherman, W. T., selected for special mission to Mexico, 234, 235.
Sickles, Daniel E., mission to Spain, 109-118. Slave trade, 12-14.
Slavery, in Cuba, 89, 90, 106,
Slidell, John, introduces bill for purchase of Cuba, 106. Smuggling, in Spanish colonies, II.
Spanish Colonies, revolt of, 28. Spooner, J. C., offers amend- ment to canal bill, 184. Sucre, Antonio José de, Vene- zuelan general, 42-44.
Suez Canal Convention, and Hay-Pauncefote treaty, 181. Sumner, Charles, opposes an-
nexation of Danish West Indies and Santo Domingo, 264, 265.
Taft, W. H., proclaims pro- visional government in Cuba, 142; tries to settle differences with Colombia resulting from Panama Revolution, 270-274; relations with Nicaragua and Honduras, 280-285; and Huerta revolution, 308. Taylor, Hannis, minister to Spain, 128.
Soulé, Pierre, mission to Spain, Taylor, Zachary, issues procla-
Spain, colonial policy of, 4-12;
revolution of 1820, 56, sup- pressed by French army, 63; revolution of 1868, 107; re- public proclaimed in, 113; treaty of 1898 with United States, 136; claims against Mexico, 197; decides on joint intervention in Mexico, 203; withdraws troops from Mex- ico, 212, 213; extent of colo- nial empire at beginning of nineteenth century, 261; war with Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, 298, 299. Spanish-American republics, ac- corded belligerent rights, 48; recognized as independent by United States, 53, by Eng- land, 80.
mation warning Americans against aiding Lopez expedi- tion against Cuba, 93; and Mexican War, 263.
Texas, claim to, abandoned by the United States, 261; es- tablishment of independence of, 262; admitted to Union, 263.
Thayer, W. R., version of Hol- leben incident, 252-254. Trade, with Spanish colonies, monopoly of, 12-14. Troppau, conference of 1820, 59.
Tupac Amaru, last of the In- cas, 6. Tyler, John, and annexation of Texas, 262, 263.
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