AAbbott, Sir John,217Abercorn, the Duke of,299Aberdeen Journalon Newspaper Society’s dinner,302Aberdeen, Lord, at National Club dinner,239Aberdeen, Mr. James Bryce’s meeting at,305Abortive political movement,56-61Adams, Charles Francis,109Address, House of Commons to the Queen,131Adolphustown, meeting at,64Alaska acquired by United States,98Alaskan Award,347Algoma, contest constituency,57Allan, Hon. G. W.,65,158Allen, Benjamin,78Allen, J. Davis, visits Canada,259;visits Toronto,260Allen, Ethan,109Alverstone, Lord, on Alaskan Arbitration,348American Continental Congress,2Ames, Oliver,109Amnesty meeting,41-45Annexation letters toGlobe,121Annexation manifesto of 1849,4Annual meeting, Imperial Federation League in Canada, 1888,91;1889,128;1890,138;1892,195;1893,196;1894,204;1896,213Annual meeting, Imperial Federation League (England), 1890,142Annual meeting, British Empire League in Canada, 1897,223;1898,244;1899,248;1900,271;1901,285;1902,288,289;1903,347Annual meeting, British Empire League (England), 1902,324Appendix A,369Appendix B,375Archibald, Lt.-Governor, visits Niagara Falls,36;plot to forestall expedition,45-47;fails to meet Riel’s emissaries,48Argentine export of wheat, 1897,238,239Armour, Chief Justice,347Arnold-Forster, Rt. Hon. H. O.,199Ashburton, Lord,349Atlantic and Pacific Fleets increased,152Atlantic Steamship Combine,292Avebury, Lord (Sir John Lubbock),203,206;presides at conference,207;member of organising committee,209;British Empire League inaugurated,212;meeting at his house,230;at British Empire banquet,280;presides at Council meeting, 1902,299;at Congress,358Aylesworth, Hon. Mr., Alaskan Arbitration,348BBadenach, Wm.,58Badgerow, G. W.,58Baines, Talbot,300Baker, Edgar,78Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J.,76Banquet, British Empire League in London, 1900,271-280Barrie, meeting at,136Barton, Sir Edmund,280,332,334Bastedo, S. T.,189Beach, Sir Michael Hicks-, on food supply,236,334,356Beatty, W. H.,158,197Beers, Dr. W. Geo., speech at Syracuse,126;speech at Toronto,137Begg, Faithfull, M.P.,321,322Behring Sea fisheries,147,150,151Belleville welcomes Schultz,27Bennett, Capt. James,26,43Beresford, Lord Charles,320Bernard, Lally, letter toGlobe,330Bethune, R. N.,159Biggar, C. W. R.,58;on Sir Oliver Mowat,186,192Birmingham Chamber of Commerce,138Blackstock, T. G.,197Blain, Hugh,58,158,197Blaine, Hon. James, Behring Sea difficulty,147,151,153;reCommercial Union,163Blake, Edward, at National Club,239Bliss, Cornelius N.,109Board of Trade banquet, 1887,88Board of Trade banquet, Sir Oliver Mowat’s speech,193Body Guard, Governor-General’s, escort Lord Lansdowne,73Boer ultimatum,264Borden, Sir Fred, in England, 1902,322,331,333,334Borthwick, Sir Algernon,209Boswell, Mayor,64,65Boulton, Major Charles,23Boulton, Sir S. B.,321Bourassa, Henri,264Bowell, Sir Mackenzie,217,244Braddon, Sir Edward,226Brantford branch formed,119Brassey, Hon. T. A.,207Brassey, Lord,198,209Bristol Chamber of Commerce meeting,316British Columbia, union with Canada,9Brock, Sir Isaac,15Brock, W. R.,158Brock’s Monument,158Broomhall, G. S.,239Brown, Hon. G., letters of Mair toGlobe,14;Red River expedition,34;publishes Foster’s lecture,55;Algoma election,57Bruce Mines, meeting at,57Bryce, Dr. George,20Bryce, Rt. Hon. James, at Aberdeen,306,315Bull, Rev. Canon,185,186Bulletin, New YorkCommercial,106,148Bunting, Percy Wm., correspondence with,178Butler, General Benjamin F.,105Butler, Sir Walter,299CCaledonian Society dinner, 1888,122California absorbed by United States,98Cambridge, the Duke of,140Cameron, Hector,78Cameron, Hon. John Hillyard,32Campbell, C. J.,159Canada, condition of, before Confederation,7Canada Club dinner, 1902,315Canada Club, speech at, 1890,150“Canada First” party, origin of and meaning of,9group aroused,19a secret organisation,21name chosen,50Foster’s lecture,54Canadian Club, dinner to Mr. Aylesworth,348Canadian Club of New York,82Canadian Monthlystarted,169Canadian Mounted Rifles,269Canadian Pacific Railway, cause of Commercial Union movement,81Canadian Pacific Railway, plot to injure it,110Canniff, Dr. Wm.,19,26,56,58,65Carbutt, Sir Edward,299Carnegie, Andrew, member of Continental Union League,109;at meeting inSunoffice,111;subscription to Continental Union League,113Carruthers, Bruce, at Hart’s River action,269Cartier, Sir George, in Hudson Bay negotiations,13;Red River expedition,34;visits Niagara Falls with Bishop Taché,35-37;his early disloyalty,44;changes his policyreRed River,45;letter to Riel,48;defeated in Montreal,49Cartoon, United States in 1900,104Cartwright, Sir Richard, resolution on reciprocity,117;meeting with Hon. James Blaine,163;on tariff inquiry,220;defends Sir Wilfrid Laurier,226Casey, George E., M.P.,246Cattanach, A. J.,128Cawthra, Henry,158Cecil, Lord Robert, letter toTimes,353Centennial of United Empire Loyalists,64,65Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Austen,318Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Joseph,75;at Board of Trade banquet, 1887,88;interview with, 1890,146;at British Empire League banquet, 1900,272;on preferential tariffs,282;luncheon with, 1902,298;Liverpool meeting, 1902,306;at Lord Lansdowne’s,308;speech at Birmingham, May, 1902,308;Daily Newsattacks,310;correspondence with,338;letter to him,343-346;speech at Birmingham, May, 1903,346;controversy with Lord Salisbury,349;luncheon with, 1906,356;illness of,358,366Charlton, John, M.P., in Continental Union Association,108asks Glen for money,112Chelmsford, meeting at, in 1900,282;effect of this meeting,286ChicagoTribune,103;on speech, 1902,297Chippawa, “Raising the Flag,”159Civil War in United States,5Clafflin, John,109Clark, J. M.,85,91;seconds resolution, 1888,94;at Ingersoll,205;on deputations,136,204,224Clarke, Mayor,135Cleveland, President, message to Congress,103,120;Venezuela message,210,218Cobden Club give Sir W. Laurier Gold Medal,142Coburg, reception of Schultz and Mair,28Cochrane, Bourke,109,112Cockburn, Capt. Churchill, at action of Lilliefontein,268Cockburn, George R. R.,78,85,91;occupies chair at First Imperial Federation meeting,92,159,197,200Cockburn, Sir John,299Cockshutt, W. F., M.P., at Congress of Chambers of Commerce,358Colomb, Sir John,140,199Colonial Club dinner, 1902,315Commercial Union, origin of,80-82;a treasonable conspiracy,82-96Commons, resolution on Preference,195Condition of Canada before Confederation,7,8Confederation of Canada,6Conference of 1907 futile,366Congress, the American,2Congress of Chambers of Commerce, 1906,212,356,359Constitution of Imperial Federation League,77Constitution of National Association,59Contemporary Review, Goldwin Smith in,177Continental Union Association,108,109;Goldwin Smith Honorary President,169;Goldwin Smith’s letter to,174Contingent to South Africa, letter on,265,266Cornell, W. E.,58Corn laws, repeal of,4Cosby, A. M.,158,197Cotton, growth of, in Empire,300,301Council Meeting of Imperial Federation League in 1890,141Courier, Liverpool, extract from,307Cox, Harold,211Creelman, A. R.,197Creighton, David,136,165Crickmore, J.,58Crimean War, raised prices,5Cumberland, Lt.-Col. Fred W.,57Currie, Sir Philip, Behring Sea question,148Curry, J. W., K.C.,291Curzon, Mrs. S. A., poem,87DDana, Chas. A., Continental Union League,109;at meeting inSunoffice,111;Myers visits,112;Mercier’s letter to,114;letter to Morison,115Darling, Henry W.,82Davidson, Lt.-Col. John I.,158Davies, Sir Louis,244Daw, W. Herbert, at Conference in 1894,207,208Dedrickson, C. W.,58Denison, Colonel George T., one of Canada First Group,10;welcomes refugees from Fort Garry,24,25;goes to Ottawa with refugees,26;drafts protest,29;interview with Lt.-Col. Durie,37;moves resolution at meeting, 1870,43;lecture on Duty of Canadians,50;advocates Imperial Confederation, 1870,53;speech at National Club against independence,63;speech at United Empire Loyalists’ Centennial,66,67;O’Brien episode,69;opposes Commercial Union,83,84;speech at Board of Trade banquet, 1887,88;at organisation of Imperial Federation League, Toronto,91,92,93;letter toGlobe, 1888,121;at Caledonian Society dinner,122;threatens Annexationists,123,126;at Ingersoll, Lindsay, and St. Thomas,127;at Peterborough and Woodstock,128;chairman of flag-raising deputation,135;appointed president Imperial Federation League,196;on deputation to England, 1894,204;at conference, Sir John Lubbock’s, 1894,207;organisation of British Empire League,213;deputation to Hon. Wm. Fielding and Mr. Patterson,220;mission to England, 1897,225;on denunciation of German treaties,228,229,230;interviewed in Toronto, 1897,231;on food supply,232-236;on West Indian preference,242,243;speech at annual meeting, 1899,248;South African War, at Military Institute,260,261;letter toGlobeon Volunteer contingent,265;at British Empire League banquet in England, 1900,271-280;speech at Chelmsford, 1900,282;speaks at St. John, N.B., and Montreal and London, Ont.,287,288;mission to England, 1902,291;speech at Royal Colonial Institute, 1902,293;at Council meeting, British Empire League,299;interview with Lord Rosebery,303;addresses Liverpool Chamber of Commerce,305;dines at Lord Lansdowne’s,308;letter toDaily News,311;discussion in House of Commons,316;addresses London Chamber of Commerce,319,320;controversy with Sir Robert Giffen,326-331;returns to Toronto and interview,332,333;banqueted by National Club, Toronto,335;writes to Mr. Chamberlain, 23rd March, 1903,343;writes toTimeson Lord Salisbury’s views,349-352;writes toTimesin reply to Lord Robert Cecil,354;speech at Congress of Chambers of Commerce,359Denison, Lt.-Col. Fred C., writes to Wiman,86,87,158,165,218.Denison, Rear-Admiral,280Denison, Lt.-Col. Robert B.,65Denison, Lt.-Col. Septimus,205Dennis, Lt.-Col. J. Stoughton,17,18Depew, Chauncey M.,109Deputation to England, 1894,204;1897,223,224;1902,286,287Derby, Earl of, sends book to the Queen,159;on British Empire League committee,208,281Detroit,95Devonshire, the Duke of, president British Empire League,212,272,273;at Liverpool,225,226Dickson, Casimir,86Dilke, Sir Charles, at Royal Colonial Institute,140Dissolution of Imperial Federation League,194-198Dobell, Hon. R. R.,224Dodge, Granville W.,109Donovan, J. A.,58Drummond, George,358Dunraven, Lord,209Dun Winian & Co., influence of,83Durie, Lt.-Col., guard of honour for Cartier,37“Duty of Canadians to Canada,” lecture on,50,51EEdgar, Sir James D.,19,25,43Edinburgh, Lord Morley’s speech at,315Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce meeting,315Egerton of Tatton, Earl,299Election of 1891,