true, natural, lasting basis of the universal republic, the primary principle of which can be no other thing than freedom. INDEX. =A= Aargau, 12, 13 Abolition of the lawmaking monopoly, 100 "A Concept of Political Justice", i Adams, Sir Francis Ottiwell ("The Swiss Confederation"), iii Alcohol, State monopoly, Switzerland, 59 Appenzell, 8, 13, 65 Area of Switzerland, 14, 48 "Arena", 27 Army, a democratic, 41, 42 Assembly, Federal, Switzerland, 22, 35 =B= Bale, 12, 13, 61 Banking, Switzerland, 54 Berne, 10, 12, 13, 61, 115 Bryce, James, "American Commonwealth", 85 Buerkli, Carl, 16 =C= Canton, organization of the, 34 Cantons (states), names of the twenty-two, 13 Cigar-Makers' Union, 87, 88 Climate, Switzerland, 48 Communal lands, 63, 70 Communal meeting, the, 7, 32, 33 subjects covered at, 8 organization, 32 Communes (townships) 2,706 in number, 7 Congress (Federal Assembly), Switzerland, 22, 35 Congress, United States, at work, 92 Considerant, Victor, 16 Constitutions, revision of Swiss, 23 spirit of Swiss, 31 =D= Dates--First Swiss Constitution, 14 Federal Referendum began, 14 Federal Initiative adopted, 14 cantonal Referendum began, 14 progress of cantonal Referendum, 15 French theorists' discussion of Referendum, 14 cantonal Referendum established in Zurich, 16 New England town meeting, 80 Debts, public, Switzerland, 57 Democracy vs. representative government, 5 Dicey, A.V., 28 Diet, 10, 37 Droz, Numa, 19 =E= Elections, semi-annual, 20 Environment of the Swiss citizen, 31 Equal rights, 107 Executive councils, Swiss, 36, 37, 40 =F= Facts established by this book, 95 Fiske, John, on town meeting, 80 Freedom in Switzerland, 57 Freiburg, 12 =G= Garment Workers, United, 88 Geneva, 12, 13, 61 Glarus, 12, 13, 65, 66, 67 Grand Council, 18, 20, 34 Grisons, 12, 13, 61 =H= Highways, Switzerland, 50 =I= Illiteracy in Switzerland, 27 Immigration into Switzerland, 70 Initiative and Referendum in labor organizations, 87 Initiative, cantonal, 11 Federal, 22 not a simple petition, 22 what it is, 10 Instruction in Switzerland, 27 =J= Jamin, P, 17 Jesuits expelled from Switzerland, 58 Judiciary, Swiss, 40 Jurors, Swiss, elected, 40 =L= Land and climate, Switzerland, 47 Land, tenure and distribution of, Switzerland, 63, 70 Public, 64, 65 Landsgemeinde, 8, 63 Languages in Switzerland, 13 Legislation by representatives, 92 Legislators, pay of Swiss, 35 Legislatures in Switzerland, 34 Local self-government, 101 Lucerne, 12, 13 =M= Machines kill third parties, 98 McCrackan, W.D., 27 Military system, Swiss, 42, 43 Moses, Prof. Bernard ("The Federal Government of Switzerland"), iii Municipal land, 110 =N= Nelson, Henry Loomis, on the town meeting, 79 Neuchatel, 12, 13, 61 New England town meeting, 72 =O= Oberholtzer, Ellis P., on Referendum in the United States, 82 Objections to the optional Referendum, 18