Acts of Hostility:

not allowed in the canal, 112.
Adams, Mr.: United States
Minister at London, 37.
Alaska:

land and water near, claimed by Rus-
sia, 4, 72.

Amador Guerrero, Doctor Manuel:
65, 66.

Arbitration:

refused by the United States for the
solution

of the Clayton-Bulwer difficulties, 32.
Argentine:

in relation to the Straits of Magellan,
87, 92, 134.

Arthur, President: 49-50.
Australia:

within more easy reach from the ports
on the Atlantic coast of
America, 103.

Ayon: See Dickinson-Ayon treaty.
BeauprÇ, Mr.: United States Minister
at Bogota, 60, 61, 62, 64.
Belgium:

is neutralised, 85, 135;

keeps armies for purposes of defence,
132, 135.

Belize: 25.

Biddle, Mr. Charles:

appointed to make investigations on
the Isthmus, 14.

Bidlack, Mr.: American ChargÇ d'af-
faires at Bogota, 17.
Black Sea: 87, 134.

Blaine, Mr., Secretary of State:

on the policy of the United States with
regard to the canal, 43 et seq., 75-6,
106;

on the Clayton-Bulwer Convention,

46-7, 75-6;

on the neutrality of the canal, 45, 47.
Blockade:

vessels using the canal shall not be
subject to, 110, 111.
Boston, the: 66.
Buchanan, Mr.:

on Great Britain's policy in Central
America, 27;

on the Clayton-Bulwer Convention,
32.

Bulwer, Sr. Henry Lytton, British
Minister at Washington:
asked by Mr. Clayton to enter
into negotiations, 29;

concluded the Clayton-Bulwer
Convention, 30.

Bunch, Mr.: British ChargÇ d'affaires

at Bogota, 39.

Buren, van, President: 14, 15.
California:

acquisition of by the United States and

its effect on the isthmian transit, 15.
Canal Companies:

See Canal Projects.

Canal projects:

the Dutch scheme, 11:

discussed at the Congress of Panama,
10;

by Nicaragua, 9, 13, 50, 53, 57;
Impetus on, 15;

by Honduras, 36;

by Tehuantepec, 15, 39;
by Panama, 37, 39, 57;

the French company, 39, 40, 41, 50,
53, 57.

Canal, the interzceanic:
Mr. Clay on the, 10, 11;
Holland and the, 12;

Nicaragua's proposals on the, 13;

discussed in the Senate, 13, 42;
discussed in the House of Representa-
tives, 14, 42;

its control was not sought by the Uni-
ted States, 11, 13, 19, 28, 50;
what its position should be in the opi-
nion of Polk, 19;

in connection with the Clayton-Bul-
wer Convention, 30-2;

its control sought by Mr. Marcy, 33;
Mr. Hise and the, 27;

what its position should be in the view
of General Taylor, 28;

the United States sought its control,
33, 34, 35 et seq.;

Mr. Blaine on the, 43 et seq.;

dealt with in President Hayes' messa-
ge, 40;

Mr. Evarts' views on the, 40;

in the view of President Cleveland,
50, 54;

as a government enterprise, 53, et
seq.;

and the Monroe Doctrine, 73 et seq.;
general interest on, 95, 107 et seq.;
assimilated by some to natural straits,
96;

said to be on the same position as te-
rritorial waters, 96;

its analogy to international rivers, 97;
its relation to International Law, 97 et
seq.;

its position in relation to the govern-
mental undertaking, 99-100;
its geographical position, 103-4;
its history, 104 et seq., 145;
how viewed by Latin America, 107-8;
to be constructed under the auspices
of the United States, 56, 111.
See also Panama Canal, the.
Casas, Antonio Jose:

Central American Minister to the
United States, 9;

his proposals for a canal, 9-10.
Canning, Mr.: 71, 72
Capture:

forbidden in the canal, 110.
Cass, Mr., Secretry of State:

on the neutrality of the Isthmus of Pa-
nama, 45.

Central America:

domination of Spain over, 1;
independence of, 9;

sent a Minister to Washington, 9;
Holland's project of canal by, 12;
British encroachment on, 25.
See also Nicaragua.

Cerda, Manuel Antonio de la:
proposed a scheme for a canal, 9.
Chile:

her relation in respect of the Straits of
Magellan. 87, 92, 134.
Civil War: 34, 36.
Clarendon, Lord:

on the acquisition of coaling stations
in Central America by the United Sta-
tes, 37.
Clay, Mr.:

his policy with regard to the intero-
ceanic canal, 10 et seq.

did not express an opinion as to the
protection and security of the canal,
11.

Clayton-Bulwer Convention: 25 et

seq.;

did not allow fortifications on the ca-
nal, 30;

an "entangling alliance," 36;

its abrogation demanded by Con-
gress, 42;

an estoppel to the development of the
Monroe Doctrine, 42, 74;

its existence ignored by Mr. Blaine,
45-6;

discussed by Mr. Blaine, 46-7;
approved of by Cleveland, 51, 54;
proposal for its modification accepted
by Great Britain, 55;

its objections removed, 56, 111;
"general principle" of neutralisation
introduced by, 30, 31, 109-11;
superseded, not abrogated, by the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty, 111;

its provisions given in detail in Ap-
pendix II.
Clayton, Mr:

72.

Honduras: 36.

House of Representatives:
Resolutions on the interoceanic canal,
14, 42;

demanded the abrogation of the Clay-
ton Bulwer Convention, 42.
Huberich, Mr.:

on the Dutch project of a canal, 12.
Hurlbut, Mr. Stephen A.:

United States Minister at Bogota, 38,
39.

International Law:

connected with politics and diploma-
tic history, 3;

based on the consensus of civilised
states, 3, 89;

disregarded by Mr. Blaine, 47-8;

and unilateral declarations of states,
91;

and the Magellan's Straits, 87, 92,
134;

and interoceanic canals, 95, 98-100;
permits war implements in neutralised
regions, 133;

regulates war, 133;

has not attained the same develop-
ment as private law, 133;

and the Monroe Doctrine, 78-80;
modern tendencies of, 145, 148.
Ionian Islands: 87, 134.
Jackson, President: 12, 14, 15.
Japan:

sea-route to, from American ports on
the Atlantic shortened by the Panama
Canal, 103.
Jeffrey, Mr.:

United States Minister to the Nether-
lands, 12.

Lansdowne, Lord:

on the defence of the canal, 139.
LatanÇ, Professor:

on the neutralisation of the canal, 104,
148;

on fortifications, 135.
Lawrence, Doctor:

on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, 147.
Lawrence, Mr.: