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in which it might be necessary to urge a friendly power to withdraw when that withdrawal could not be made, perhaps, without some humiliation.

The Resolution is merely a statement of policy allied to the Monroe Doctrine, of course, but not necessarily dependent upon it, or growing out of it. When the message came in I made a statement as to the conditions at Magdalena Bay which had led to the resolution of inquiry and which has now led to the subsequent action of the committee. It seemed to the committee that it was very wise to make this statement of policy at this time when it can give offence to no one and makes the position of the United States clear.

Of course I need not say to the Senate that the opening of the Panama canal gives to the question of Magdalena Bay and to that of the Galapagos Islands, which have been once or twice before considered, an importance such as they have never possessed, and I think it enormously desirable in every interest that this resolution should receive the assent of the Senate. (Resolution introduced by Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, in the Senate and passed, August 2, 1912, together with his speech in defence of it. Congressional Record, vol. 48, part 10, page 10045.)

[The Resolution was discussed in secret session for three hours and then passed, 51-4, Senator Cummins being the leading opponent on the ground that corporations should not be included in this.]

INDEX

INDEX

"A B C" powers, 77, 78; 90; advisability of our allying
with, against Asiatics, 96; 109, 110, 111.

Adams, John Quincy, 4.

Alliance, Latin-American, — defensive, 74; 77, 78, 79;
U.S. with "A B C" powers, 109, 110, 111.

Alsop claim, 35; 78; 86.

Amazon, U. S. expedition, 33.

Ambassadors, exchange with Argentina and Chile, 110.
Antilles, 74.

Arbitration, no right to compel, 17.

Argentina, cartoons, 31; 68; wealth and importance, 55,
56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62; 63; attitude toward Mon-
roe Doctrine, 65, 67, 68, 76; navy, 78, 90; produc-
tions and exports, 58, 100; immigration, 100; am-
bassadors, exchange of, 110; Japanese in, 94, 95.
Asiatic exclusion policy, U. S., 95.

Asiatics in South America, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96.

BAHIA, 105, 106.

"Baltimore" episode, 27.

Banks, German, in South America, 99.

Barrundia affair, 25, 26.

Benham, Admiral, 29.

"Big Stick," 71.

Blaine, Secretary James G., 18.

Blanco, General Guzman, 21.

Bland, Mr., 91.

Bluefields incident, 30.

Bolivia, Indian population, 91; products, 100. ·
Boston Chamber of Commerce, 57.

Boundary dispute, Venezuela-British Guiana, 11, 12.
Brazil, French literature in, 20; U. S. warships sent,
1893, 28, 29, 30; bad feeling engendered, 1895, 29, 30;
U.S. Amazon expedition, 33; wealth and importance,
55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 99; attitude to U. S., 69,

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