Méndez, Luis, speech of, 181-184. Merchant Marine Commission, the, 266. Mexican Academy of Legislation and Jurisprudence, the, 181-191. Mexican Country Club, the, 177-181. Mexico, 50, 152-210, 215, 264, 265, 272, 273. Missouri, 248. Mitre, Emilio, speech of, 73-81. Mob, rule of the, 141. Mogy-Guasú, the, river in Brazil, 41. Monroe, James, American president, xiii, 5, 14, 21, 56, 58, 74, 78, 79 f., 84, 99, 172, 251, 252. Monroe Doctrine, the, xiii, 50, 56, 58, 61, 74, 79 f., 117, 172 f., 243. Montague, Andrew Jackson, American delegate, speech of, 13. Montenegro, Augusto, governor of Pará, speech of, 45 f. Montevideo, 55-71, 258. Müller, Lauro, Brazilian minister, 239-244. Mukden, battle of, 171. Nabuco, Joaquim, the elder, 47. Nabuco, Joaquim, Brazilian ambassador, 17, 47, 48, 219, 234; speech of, 3-6. National Convention for the Extension of the Foreign Commerce of the United States, address of Mr. Root at the, 269-281. Nazareth de Arujo, Galaor, speech of, 36. Nebraska, 287. New Orleans, 264. New York, city, 26, 115, 166, 255, 258. New York, state, 287. Nicaragua, 213. Norcross, Orlando Whitney, American builder and contractor, 232. North American Society of the River Plata, the, 87 f. Norway, 257, 261. Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, 161 f. Orient, the, 264, 270, 286. Orizaba, Mexico, 206 f. Oyapoc, river in South America, 27. Pacific railroads, the, 263. Palacio Monroe, xiii, 14. Panama, 145-151, 166. Panama, Isthmus of, 258, 264. Panama Canal, the, 111, 115, 149, 159, 271, 275. Panama Railroad, the, 260. Panama Railroad Company, the, 258. Pan American Commercial Conference, address of Mr. Root at, 283-293. Pan American Conference, First, at Washington, xii, 225, 229, 252 f., 291. Pan American Conference, Second, at Mexico, xi, 225, 229, 253. Pan American Conference, Third, at Rio de Janeiro, xii, xiii, 3-14, 173, 224 f., 229, 253. Pan American Railroad, the, 272 f. Pan American Scientific Congress, Second, address of Mr. Root at, 291 ff. Pan American Union, the, 91, 223-234. Pará, Brazil, 44, 45 f., 258. Paranahyba, the, river in Brazil, 41. Pardo, Manuel, Peruvian statesman, 135. Pardo y Barreda, José, president of Peru, speech of, 113 f. Paulistas, 39, 40. Peaceable invasion, 189. Pernambuco, Brazil, 47 f., 54, 258. Peru, 11, 12, 113-144, 248, 249, 257, 272, 275. Philadelphia, 29. Pious Fund, the, 158. Piracy, 26. Pizarro, Francisco, Spanish soldier, 56, 257. Plutarch, 188. Political science, chief contribution of the United States to, 141. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 26. Portugal, 221. Prado y Ugarteche, Javier, speech of, 116-123. Prussia, 100. Public opinion, rule of, 220 f. Puebla, Mexico, 204 f. Punta Arenas, 258. Purdie, Francis B., speech of, 86-89. Puritan element, the, in America, 56.