b. Financial agreements with Santo Domingo, Haiti, Nicaragua. c. The Panama Canal as a factor in the problem; status of the Republic of Panama with respect to the United States. d. Naval bases of the United States; lease of the Corn Islands. e. Interventions of the United States. 4. Relations of the United States and Venezuela, Colombia, Central America. 5. Attitude of Caribbean peoples toward the United States; problem of self-determination. 6. Contemporary tendencies. Readings: Jones, _Caribbean Interests of the United States_; Bonsal, _The American Mediterranean_; Westergaard, _The Danish West Indies_, 1671-1917; De Booy and Faris, _The Virgin Islands_. 8. The Panama Canal: a. Treaties and plans for construction. b. The French enterprise. c. Relations of Columbia and the United States. d. Secession and independence of Panama. e. Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty. f. Construction of Canal. g. Possible economic and political effects. h. The Columbian grievance against the United States; diplomatic developments. 9. Wilson Administration: a. Hispanic-American policy. b. Relations with Mexico. c. Achievements and criticism. Required Readings: Senate Doc., No. 744, 61st Cong., 3rd Session; _Annals of American Academy of Pol. Science_, July, 1914; Bryce, 484-520; Garcia Calderon, 298-312; Latane, _America as a World Power_, 255-285; ----, _Diplomatic Relations of the United States with Spanish America_; Williams, _Anglo-American Isthmian Diplomacy_; _The New Pan Americanism_, Parts I, II and III (World Peace Foundation). Additional Readings: Flack, _Spanish American Diplomatic Relations Preceding the War of 1898_; Chandler, _Inter-American Acquaintances_; Moore, _Principles of American Diplomacy_, 365-419; Maurtua, _La Idea Pan Americana y la cuestion del arbitraje_; Usher, _Pan-Americanism_; Gause and Carr, _The Story of Panama_; Bishop, _Panama, Past and Present_. =Chapter XI. Trade Relations of Hispanic America and the United States.= 1. Origins of trade. 2. Development of trade during the 19th century: a. Comparative predominance of United States to about 1850. b. Disruption of trade during War of Secession. c. Increased European competition after Franco-Prussian war. 3. History of trade in the 20th century. 4. Volume of contemporary trade, export and import, with United States; with Europe. 5. Character of the trade: