Caribbean Sea, the, 55, 159, 258, 272, 273, 274, 292. Carlos, king of Portugal, 219. Carnegie, Andrew, contributes towards the construction of the Building of the Pan American Union, 223, 228, 231; letter of, 226 f.; letter of Mr. Root to, 225 f.; resolutions concerning, 227. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the, 291. Cartagena, Colombia, 153 ff., 258. Casasus, Joaquín D., speech of, 184-188. Castlereagh, Viscount, British premier, 77, 78. Central America, 50, 117, 264, 266, 272, 292. Central American Peace Conference, the, xiv, 213-218. Chamber of Commerce, the, of New York, 239-244. Chamber of Deputies, the, in Mexico, 168-177. _Charleston_, the, 55, 166. Chile, 103-112, 248, 249, 275. China, 36. Cicero, anecdote of, 188. Civilization, the process of, 233. Clay, Henry, American statesman, xiii, 5, 21, 28, 75, 76, 90, 94, 251. Cleveland, Grover, American president, 252. Coffee, importance of, to Brazil, 41. Colombia, 152-155, 160, 166, 248. _Colorados_, Uruguayan faction, 64, 65. Columbia School of Mines, the, 257. Columbus, Christopher, 57. Commerce and Labor, Department of, 254. Communication, importance of means of, 257-267. Consular service, the, 279 ff. Conti, sculptor, 232. Coquimbo, 258. Cornejo, Mariano, Peruvian envoy, speech of, 11 f. Corral, Ramón, Mexican vice-president, speeches of, 192 f., 203 f. Cortelyou, George Bruce, postmaster-general, 265. Cortés, Hernán, Spanish soldier, 56. Costa Rica, 213. Credit system, the, in South America, 255. Creel, Enrique C., Mexican diplomat, 214. Cret, Paul Phillippe, architect, 231. Cuba, 35, 160, 275, 276, 277. Cuellar, Samuel García, Mexican officer, 162. Dakotas, the, 287. Darcy, Dr. James, speech of, 16 f. Declaration of Independence, the, 170. Declaration of the rights of man, the, 57, 64. Dehesa, Teodoro A., Mexican governor, speech of, 206. Demosthenes, 187. Díaz, Porfirio, Mexican president, 158, 161, 167 f., 172, 181, 192, 194, 202, 203, 206, 207, 210; speech of, 162 ff. Dickens, Charles, observations of, on America, 179. Drago, Luis M., speech of, xiii, 93-97. Drago doctrine, the, 95 f. Ecuador, 248. Elguera, Federico, speech of, 127 ff. _El Señor Root en Mexico_, 158. England, 64, 246, 247, 248, 257, 261. Europe, 4, 48, 51, 57, 59, 60, 61, 246, 251, 256, 257, 258, 259, 270. Evarts, William Maxwell, secretary of state, 21. Everett, Edward, American statesman, 21; note of, 121 f. _Federalist, The_, 21, 24. Figueroa, Alcorta, J., president of Argentina, speech of, 81-84. Florida, 75. Fodéré, Pradier, Peruvian publicist, 135. Forsyth, John, secretary of state, 21. France, 57, 64, 100, 190, 221, 247, 257, 261, 262. Franklin, Benjamin, American philosopher and statesman, 29. Free ships, policy of, 262.