With that spirit we hail your presence here to coöperate with those of us who are interested in the international law; we hail the formation of the new American Institute of International Law and the personal friendships that are being formed day by day between the men of the North and the men of the South, all to the end that we may unite in such clear and definite declaration of the principles of right conduct among nations, and in such steadfast and honorable support of those principles as shall command the respect of mankind and insure their enforcement. INDEX INDEX Adams, John Quincy, American president, xiii, 21, 76, 79, 90, 94, 251. Ahumada, Mexican governor, speech of, 208 f. Alaska, 248. Alliances, traditional policy of the United States concerning, 86. Altruism, ideal of, 244. Amazon, river, 46. America, services of, to the world's civilization, 169 f. American colony, the, at Mexico city, 177-181. American Institute of International Law, the, 291, 293. Andes, the, 27, 74, 101, 248. Apollonius Molon, Greek orator, anecdote of, 188. Arbitration, international, 170; practical difficulties in, 142 f. Argentina, 73-102, 235-238, 248, 249, 264, 272, 275. Arias, Ricardo, speech of, 145-148. Armenians, the, 26. Arthur, Chester Alan, American president, 252. Artigas, José, dictator of Uruguay (1811-1820), 64. Atheneum, the, at Montevideo, Uruguay, 65-71. Austria, 26, 257, 261. Bahia, Brazil, 48-54, 258. Bahia Blanca, 258. Banks, importance of, in securing South American trade, 255. Barbosa, Ruy, Brazilian senator, 32; speeches of, 19-28, 52 ff. Barrett, John, director of the Pan American Union, 153, 232. Barrios, Senator, speech of, 130 f. Batlle y Ordóñez, José, president of Uruguay, speech of, 60-63. Bayard, Thomas Francis, secretary of state, 21. Belgium, 248. Bismarck, Otto von, German statesman, 261. Blaine, James Gillespie, American statesman, 5, 21, 42, 91, 232, 252 f. _Blancos_, Uruguayan faction, 64, 65. Blending of races, effect of, 238. Bolívar, Simón, Venezuelan general, 129, 154. Bolivia, 75, 248, 249, 272. Borglum, Gutzon, sculptor, 232. Brazil, 3-54, 166, 219, 239-244, 248, 249, 257, 264, 265, 275, 277. Bristow, Joseph Little, United States senator, 260. Buchanan, William Insco, American diplomat, 147, 214. Buenos Ayres, xiii, 73-102, 257, 258, 273. Buffalo Exposition, the, 172 f. Bureau of American Republics, establishment of the, 91. Byron, Lord, 236; characterization of Washington by, 134. Calero, Manuel, speech of, 168-174. Calhoun, John Caldwell, American statesman, 21, 251. Callao, 115, 258. Camargo, Theodomiro de, speech of, 35 f. Canada, 110 f., 257, 261, 265. Canning, George, English statesman, 78, 79. Capital, opportunities for, in South America, 256 f.; investment of American capital in Mexico, 201.