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A Abbott, Sir John, 217 Abercorn, the Duke of, 299 Aberdeen Journal on Newspaper Society’s dinner, 302 Aberdeen, Lord, at National Club dinner, 239 Aberdeen, Mr. James Bryce’s meeting at, 305 Abortive political movement, 56-61 Adams, Charles Francis, 109 Address, House of Commons to the Queen, 131 Adolphustown, meeting at, 64 Alaska acquired by United States, 98 Alaskan Award, 347 Algoma, contest constituency, 57 Allan, Hon. G. W., 65, 158 Allen, Benjamin, 78 Allen, J. Davis, visits Canada, 259; visits Toronto, 260 Allen, Ethan, 109 Alverstone, Lord, on Alaskan Arbitration, 348 American Continental Congress, 2 Ames, Oliver, 109 Amnesty meeting, 41-45 Annexation letters to Globe, 121 Annexation manifesto of 1849, 4 Annual meeting, Imperial Federation League in Canada, 1888, 91; 1889, 128; 1890, 138; 1892, 195; 1893, 196; 1894, 204; 1896, 213 Annual meeting, Imperial Federation League (England), 1890, 142 Annual meeting, British Empire League in Canada, 1897, 223; 1898, 244; 1899, 248; 1900, 271; 1901, 285; 1902, 288, 289; 1903, 347 Annual meeting, British Empire League (England), 1902, 324 Appendix A, 369 Appendix B, 375 Archibald, Lt.-Governor, visits Niagara Falls, 36; plot to forestall expedition, 45-47; fails to meet Riel’s emissaries, 48 Argentine export of wheat, 1897, 238, 239 Armour, Chief Justice, 347 Arnold-Forster, Rt. Hon. H. O., 199 Ashburton, Lord, 349 Atlantic and Pacific Fleets increased, 152 Atlantic Steamship Combine, 292 Avebury, 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, 358 Aylesworth, Hon. Mr., Alaskan Arbitration, 348 B Badenach, Wm., 58 Badgerow, G. W., 58 Baines, Talbot, 300 Baker, Edgar, 78 Balfour, Rt. Hon. A. J., 76 Banquet, British Empire League in London, 1900, 271-280 Barrie, meeting at, 136 Barton, Sir Edmund, 280, 332, 334 Bastedo, S. T., 189 Beach, Sir Michael Hicks-, on food supply, 236, 334, 356 Beatty, W. H., 158, 197 Beers, Dr. W. Geo., speech at Syracuse, 126; speech at Toronto, 137 Begg, Faithfull, M.P., 321, 322 Behring Sea fisheries, 147, 150, 151 Belleville welcomes Schultz, 27 Bennett, Capt. James, 26, 43 Beresford, Lord Charles, 320 Bernard, Lally, letter to Globe, 330 Bethune, R. N., 159 Biggar, C. W. R., 58; on Sir Oliver Mowat, 186, 192 Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, 138 Blackstock, T. G., 197 Blain, Hugh, 58, 158, 197 Blaine, Hon. James, Behring Sea difficulty, 147, 151, 153; re Commercial Union, 163 Blake, Edward, at National Club, 239 Bliss, Cornelius N., 109 Board of Trade banquet, 1887, 88 Board of Trade banquet, Sir Oliver Mowat’s speech, 193 Body Guard, Governor-General’s, escort Lord Lansdowne, 73 Boer ultimatum, 264 Borden, Sir Fred, in England, 1902, 322, 331, 333, 334 Borthwick, Sir Algernon, 209 Boswell, Mayor, 64, 65 Boulton, Major Charles, 23 Boulton, Sir S. B., 321 Bourassa, Henri, 264 Bowell, Sir Mackenzie, 217, 244 Braddon, Sir Edward, 226 Brantford branch formed, 119 Brassey, Hon. T. A., 207 Brassey, Lord, 198, 209 Bristol Chamber of Commerce meeting, 316 British Columbia, union with Canada, 9 Brock, Sir Isaac, 15 Brock, W. R., 158 Brock’s Monument, 158 Broomhall, G. S., 239 Brown, Hon. G., letters of Mair to Globe, 14; Red River expedition, 34; publishes Foster’s lecture, 55; Algoma election, 57 Bruce Mines, meeting at, 57 Bryce, Dr. George, 20 Bryce, Rt. Hon. James, at Aberdeen, 306, 315 Bull, Rev. Canon, 185, 186 Bulletin, New York Commercial, 106, 148 Bunting, Percy Wm., correspondence with, 178 Butler, General Benjamin F., 105 Butler, Sir Walter, 299 C Caledonian Society dinner, 1888, 122 California absorbed by United States, 98 Cambridge, the Duke of, 140 Cameron, Hector, 78 Cameron, Hon. John Hillyard, 32 Campbell, C. J., 159 Canada, condition of, before Confederation, 7 Canada Club dinner, 1902, 315 Canada Club, speech at, 1890, 150 “Canada First” party, origin of and meaning of, 9 group aroused, 19 a secret organisation, 21 name chosen, 50 Foster’s lecture, 54 Canadian Club, dinner to Mr. Aylesworth, 348 Canadian Club of New York, 82 Canadian Monthly started, 169 Canadian Mounted Rifles, 269 Canadian Pacific Railway, cause of Commercial Union movement, 81 Canadian Pacific Railway, plot to injure it, 110 Canniff, Dr. Wm., 19, 26, 56, 58, 65 Carbutt, Sir Edward, 299 Carnegie, Andrew, member of Continental Union League, 109; at meeting in Sun office, 111; subscription to Continental Union League, 113 Carruthers, Bruce, at Hart’s River action, 269 Cartier, 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 policy re Red River, 45; letter to Riel, 48; defeated in Montreal, 49 Cartoon, United States in 1900, 104 Cartwright, Sir Richard, resolution on reciprocity, 117; meeting with Hon. James Blaine, 163; on tariff inquiry, 220; defends Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 226 Casey, George E., M.P., 246 Cattanach, A. J., 128 Cawthra, Henry, 158 Cecil, Lord Robert, letter to Times, 353 Centennial of United Empire Loyalists, 64, 65 Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Austen, 318 Chamberlain, 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 News attacks, 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, 366 Charlton, John, M.P., in Continental Union Association, 108 asks Glen for money, 112 Chelmsford, meeting at, in 1900, 282; effect of this meeting, 286 Chicago Tribune, 103; on speech, 1902, 297 Chippawa, “Raising the Flag,” 159 Civil War in United States, 5 Clafflin, John, 109 Clark, J. M., 85, 91; seconds resolution, 1888, 94; at Ingersoll, 205; on deputations, 136, 204, 224 Clarke, Mayor, 135 Cleveland, President, message to Congress, 103, 120; Venezuela message, 210, 218 Cobden Club give Sir W. Laurier Gold Medal, 142 Coburg, reception of Schultz and Mair, 28 Cochrane, Bourke, 109, 112 Cockburn, Capt. Churchill, at action of Lilliefontein, 268 Cockburn, George R. R., 78, 85, 91; occupies chair at First Imperial Federation meeting, 92, 159, 197, 200 Cockburn, Sir John, 299 Cockshutt, W. F., M.P., at Congress of Chambers of Commerce, 358 Colomb, Sir John, 140, 199 Colonial Club dinner, 1902, 315 Commercial Union, origin of, 80-82; a treasonable conspiracy, 82-96 Commons, resolution on Preference, 195 Condition of Canada before Confederation, 7, 8 Confederation of Canada, 6 Conference of 1907 futile, 366 Congress, the American, 2 Congress of Chambers of Commerce, 1906, 212, 356, 359 Constitution of Imperial Federation League, 77 Constitution of National Association, 59 Contemporary Review, Goldwin Smith in, 177 Continental Union Association, 108, 109; Goldwin Smith Honorary President, 169; Goldwin Smith’s letter to, 174 Contingent to South Africa, letter on, 265, 266 Cornell, W. E., 58 Corn laws, repeal of, 4 Cosby, A. M., 158, 197 Cotton, growth of, in Empire, 300, 301 Council Meeting of Imperial Federation League in 1890, 141 Courier, Liverpool, extract from, 307 Cox, Harold, 211 Creelman, A. R., 197 Creighton, David, 136, 165 Crickmore, J., 58 Crimean War, raised prices, 5 Cumberland, Lt.-Col. Fred W., 57 Currie, Sir Philip, Behring Sea question, 148 Curry, J. W., K.C., 291 Curzon, Mrs. S. A., poem, 87 D Dana, Chas. A., Continental Union League, 109; at meeting in Sun office, 111; Myers visits, 112; Mercier’s letter to, 114; letter to Morison, 115 Darling, Henry W., 82 Davidson, Lt.-Col. John I., 158 Davies, Sir Louis, 244 Daw, W. Herbert, at Conference in 1894, 207, 208 Dedrickson, C. W., 58 Denison, 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 to Globe, 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 to Globe on 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 to Daily 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 to Times on Lord Salisbury’s views, 349-352; writes to Times in reply to Lord Robert Cecil, 354; speech at Congress of Chambers of Commerce, 359 Denison, Lt.-Col. Fred C., writes to Wiman, 86, 87, 158, 165, 218. Denison, Rear-Admiral, 280 Denison, Lt.-Col. Robert B., 65 Denison, Lt.-Col. Septimus, 205 Dennis, Lt.-Col. J. Stoughton, 17, 18 Depew, Chauncey M., 109 Deputation to England, 1894, 204; 1897, 223, 224; 1902, 286, 287 Derby, Earl of, sends book to the Queen, 159; on British Empire League committee, 208, 281 Detroit, 95 Devonshire, the Duke of, president British Empire League, 212, 272, 273; at Liverpool, 225, 226 Dickson, Casimir, 86 Dilke, Sir Charles, at Royal Colonial Institute, 140 Dissolution of Imperial Federation League, 194-198 Dobell, Hon. R. R., 224 Dodge, Granville W., 109 Donovan, J. A., 58 Drummond, George, 358 Dunraven, Lord, 209 Dun Winian & Co., influence of, 83 Durie, Lt.-Col., guard of honour for Cartier, 37 “Duty of Canadians to Canada,” lecture on, 50, 51 E Edgar, Sir James D., 19, 25, 43 Edinburgh, Lord Morley’s speech at, 315 Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce meeting, 315 Egerton of Tatton, Earl, 299 Election of 1891, 156 Elgin, Lord, negotiates Reciprocity Treaty, 5 Elliott, R. W., 58 Ellis, J. F., presides at National Club dinner, 335 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 98 Empire, article in, 1890, 162; comments on national spirit, 172; flags given to schools, 156 Empire Day inaugurated, 256 English, C. E., 58 Equal rights movement, 194 Evans, Charles Napier, at Hart’s River, 269 Evans, George E., on deputation, 204; receives cable from Africa, 258, 291 Evans, Sanford, 257 Executive committee, resolution, 1902, 289 Expedition, Red River, withdrawal proposed, 36, 42 Express, The Daily, interview in, 293 F Fair Trade League, 211 Farrer, Edward, in Commercial Union, 108; Glen’s letters to, 110, 111, 112; pamphlet, 163, 164 Farrer, Sir William, 142 Fenian influence, 115 Fenian raid, Lt.-Col. J. S. Dennis at, 17 Fenian raids, 9, 70, 240 Ferguson, R. Munro, 199 Fessenden, Mrs. Clementine, suggests Empire Day, 256 Fielding, Hon. W. S., on Trade Inquiry, 220, 221; West Indian preference, 242, 243; speech in House, 243; in London in 1902, 331 Fife, the Duke of, 273 Financial News on London meeting, 321 Fisheries Treaty defeated in United States Senate, 120 Fitzpatrick, Hon. Charles, 244 Flag raising over schools, 134, 135 Flag over schools, effect of, 269 Flannery, Sir Fortescue, 321 Fleming, Andrew, 27, 44 Fleming, Sir Sandford, 197, 224, 245, 246 Florida acquired by United States, 100 Flower, Roswell P., 109, 113 Food supply, correspondence on, 237 Foraker, John B., 109 Ford, I. N., report of Royal Colonial Institute dinner, 1902, 294 Ford, I. N., 322, 323 Forrest, Sir John, 334 Fort Garry, 17; seized by Riel, 18; projected attack upon, 23 Foster, Hon. George E., at First Imperial Federation League meeting, 78; mission to England, 1902, 290, 291 Foster, W. A., in “Canada First” group, 10, 15; articles in Daily Telegraph, 22; gets warrant against Richot and Scott, 31; calls public meeting, 1870, 35; at amnesty meeting, 1870, 44; writes lecture, 54; organises National Association, 56, 57, 58, 59 Fraser, W. H., 58 Free Trade, attack upon, at London Chamber of Commerce, 320 Free Trade bogey, 286 Fremantle, Sir Charles, 299 French wars, expense of, 1 Fuller, Bishop of Niagara, 65 Fuller, Valancy, 82 G Gallinger, Jacob, 109 Galloway, Joseph, 2 Gallows Hill, 95 Gamble, John W., 221 German goods taxed in Canada, 229 German and Belgian Treaties prevented preference, 139; mission against them, 150; resolution against, 194; discussion on, 207, 208; efforts against, in 1897, 228; denounced, 230 Giffen, Sir Robert, interview with, 234; supports Corn Tax, 239; letter against me to Times, 325; reply, 327 Glasgow, meeting at, 1902, 315 Glen, Francis W., organises Continental Union League, 108; letters of, 109, 110, 111, 112 Globe, the London, comments, 352 Globe, Toronto, 14; letter to, in 1888, 101; attacks and reply, 122, 124; interview in 1897, 231 Gooderham, Albert E., 197 Gooderham, Alfred, 197 Gooderham, George, 158, 197 Gooderham, Wm. G., 197 Governor-General Lord Lisgar, 45 Governors of States endorse Cleveland, 211, 218 Grahame, Richard, of Canada First Group, 19, 35, 58 Grant, Rev., Principal George M., met him in Halifax, 53; at First League meeting, 78; in Australia, 127; at Hamilton, 128; on preferential trade, 204, 216; urges West Indian preference, 242; letters from, 243, 244; speaks at Mulock banquet, 1898, 246; sympathises at first with Boers, 259 Grasett, Lt.-Col., 291 Gray, R. H., 58 Green, Mohawk Chief, 65 Grey, Mr., United Empire Loyalist, 221 Guelph, meeting at, 136 Gurney, Edward, 158 Gzowski, Sir Casimir, 70, 159 H Hague, George, 246 Haliburton, R. J., 10, 15, 16; at Niagara Falls, 35; lectures, 16, 51, 52, 53 Halifax, lecture at, 53 Halifax branch, annual meeting of, 119 Hamilton, annual meeting at, 128 Hamilton, Lord George, 148, 308 Hamilton, Wm. B., 159 Hamilton, Wm. O’Brien at, 76 Harcourt, Sir Wm. Vernon, speech in House of Commons, 316 Harrison, President, breaks off negotiations, 151 Hartington, Lord, 74 Harts River, Bruce Carruthers, at action of, 268, 269 Hawick, meeting at, in 1894, 211 Hay, Admiral Sir Dalrymple, 321 Hay, Col. John, 109, 110 Headley, E. M., 210 Henderson, James, 159 Herbert, Sir Robert, chairman of executive, 212, 272, 299 Herschel, Lord, at Mulock banquet, 245, 246 Herschel, Hon. Richard, 245 Hessin, Wm., 58 Hill, Rt. Hon. Staveley, Behring Sea negotiations, 151, 163 Hill, W. Becket, 207, 208, 209 Hoffmeyer proposal, 90 Holland, Sir W. H., 299, 300, 301, 358 Home Rule resolutions, 69, 70 Hopkins, J. Castell, Woodstock meeting, 128; at Ingersoll, 79; St. George’s Society, 175 Hoskin, John, 158 House of Commons address, 1891, 195, 196 Howard, Allan McLean, 158 Howe, Hon. Joseph, 4, 20 Howell, A., 58 Howland, O. A., 182 Howland, W. H., chairman at Canada First meeting, 59, 60 Howland, Sir Wm. P., 59 Hudson’s Bay officials, hostile, 17 Hudson’s Bay Company, their policy, 12 Hudson’s Bay Territory, 9, 12; acquired, 15 Hughes, James L., 86; meeting at Lindsay, 127; on deputation to England, 1894, 205, 209, 211 Hughes, Colonel Sam, at annual meeting, 1898, 244; offers to raise contingent for South Africa, 260 Hunter, Rose & Co. print Farrer’s pamphlet, 164 Huron, Bishop of, 288 Huron signal, 219 Hutchinson, Thomas, 1 Hutton, Major-General, 268 I Imperial Conference, 1902, 286, 287, 303, 305, 331, 332 Imperial defence, letter to Times, 339 Imperial Federation (Defence) Committee, 339 Imperial Federation foreshadowed in lecture in 1870, 53 Imperial Federation Journal, comments of, 96, 118 Imperial Federation League started, 77; in Canada, 85; annual meeting, 1888, 91; work of, 117-126; dissolved, 197, 198; resolution on dissolution, 199, 200 Imperial preferential duty, 287 Independence flag hoisted, 64 Independence flurry, 62-68 Independence movement, Globe’s action, 121 India, export of wheat, 1897, 238, 239 Ingersoll, branch formed at, 79; meeting at, 127 Innerkip, Meeting at, 173 Innes, Lt.-Col. P. R., 209 Interprovincial trade, Haliburton’s lecture on, 15 Irving, A. S., 58 J James, Dr. W. Culver, 207, 209, 299 Jersey, Lord, 209 Jesuit Estates Act, 194 Jones, Sir Alfred, organises meeting at Liverpool, 305 Jetté, Lt.-Governor, Alaska Commission, 348 Jones, John P., 109 K Kilbride, Mr., evicted tenant, 74, 75 Kimberley, cable from, 258 King, the, at British Empire League banquet, 1900, 273, 274, 280 Kingsmill, George R., 20, 22, 58 Kingsmill, Nicol, 58 Kipling, Rudyard, poem, 222 Kirby, Wm., 185, 192 Kirkpatrick, Lt.-Governor Sir George, 190 Kitchener, Lord, on Hart’s River action, 269 Kirwan, Capt. Michael, 114 Kirwin, General, 114 Knutsford, Lord, refuses to denounce treaties, 196, 228 L Lacrosse Club banquet, London, 1902, 293 Lady of the Snows, 222 Langelier, Mr., at New York, 111 Lansdowne, Lord, visit to Toronto, 70, 71, 73, 74; interviewed by Imperial Federation League, 118; British Empire League banquet, 1900, 272, 280; dinner at, 308 La Prairie Camp, 33 Laurie, General, 321 Laurier, Sir Wilfrid, 111; British preference, 216; election of 1896, 219; Lord Salisbury refers to, 220; in Liverpool, 1897, 225; on Free Trade, 231; West Indian preference, 242, 243; resolution about Transvaal, 259; on contingent, 263, 264; returns from Chicago, 264; decides to send contingent, 264; at Sir William Mulock’s, 267; speech in House, 1902, 303; interview with, at Hotel Cecil, 331; at conference, 1902, 333, 334; at conference, 1907, 366 Lauterbach, Edward, 109 Law, Fred, Commander, 86, 128 Leader article on Red River Expedition, 36 Lecture on “Duty of Canadians,” 50, 51 Lecture on “National Spirit,” Appendix A, 371 Lee, A. B., 158 Lee, Capt., M.P., 300 Lee, Walter S., 158 Leeds, Lord Rosebery’s meeting at, 1902, 304 Lefroy, Fraser, 291 Leith Chamber of Commerce, 315 Letter to Globe, 26th September, 1888, 101 Letter to Globe on wanting war, 124; on contingent, 265 Lesperance, John Talon, poem, 158 Lessard, Col. C. B., 268 Leys, John, Jr., 158 Liberty, Sons of, reference to, 126 Lilliefontein, fight at, 268 Lindsay, meeting at, 127 Lisgar, Lord, at Niagara Falls, 35, 45 Liverpool, arrived at, 1890, 140; in 1897, 225 Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, 1902, 305, 307 Liverpool papers, comments on meeting, 307 London Chamber of Commerce meeting, 1902, 319, 320 London, Ontario, meeting at, 1901, 288 Long, J. M., 79 Loring, A. H., 197, 198, 199; letter to Times in reply, 339 Louisiana purchased, 98 Low, Seth, 109 Low, Sydney, writes interview for Pall Mall Gazette, 298 Loyal address from House to the Queen, 131 Loyalists of the Revolution, 1 Lubbock, Sir John: see Avebury, Lord Lubbock, Neville, 210 Lundy’s Lane Monument, 181, 182 Lyman, Henry, 128 Lyman, H. H., 128, 224 Lynch, Dr., taken prisoner, 19; arrives from Fort Garry, 25; first protest, 30, 31; second protest, 38, 39 M Mafeking demonstration, 283 Mail, London Daily, on Canadian Imperialism, 246 Mail, the Toronto, 117 Mair, Charles, 10; writes letters from Fort Garry, 14; introduces Schultz, 15; made prisoner, 19; escapes from Fort Garry, 21; raises loyal men at Portage la Prairie, 23; lectures at Belleville, 53, 54 Manchester Guardian, 303, 310 Manitoba No. 1, hard wheat, 13 Mansion House, meeting at, 140; meeting in 1896, 212 Map of North America in New York World, 104 Marcus, Herman W., 207, 210 Masham, Lord, 314 Mason, Lt.-Col. James, 260 Mason, J. Herbert, 158, 197, 224 Matabeleland, proposed preference, 228 Matsugata, Count, at Lord Lansdowne’s dinner, 308 Matthews, Jehu, 78 Macdonald, E. A., 108, 190 Macdonald, Sir John A., Hudson’s Bay acquisition, 13; Red River rebellion, 28; interview with, 29; illness of, 35, 41; letter to, 130, 161; election in 1891, 163, 164, 165, 166; his death, 217 Macdonald, J. K., 128 Macdougall, Hon. Wm., sent to England re Hudson’s Bay, 13; appoints Mair to surveying party Fort Garry, 13; Lt.-Governor of North-West Territory, 15; arrives at Pembina, 17; returns to Ottawa, 20; at amnesty meeting, 42; member North-West Emigration Society, 54 Macdougall, Joseph E., 20, 54, 58 Macfarlane, Senator, 78 Macfarlane, Thomas, letter to League Journal, 90; at Hamilton meeting, 128 Mackenzie, Alexander, becomes Premier, 49, 57 Macklem, Oliver, 158 Maclean, W. F., M.P., 246 MacNab, John, County Attorney, 24, 25 MacNabb, Alexander, Police Magistrate, 31 McCarthy, Dulton, president Imperial Federation League, 78; Toronto branch, 85, 90; at Toronto meeting, 1888, 95, 96; at Peterborough, 12; at Hamilton, 128; Sir Leonard Tilley replaces him as president, 194; subscribes to fund, 197; at annual meeting, 1896, 216; suggests preference to England, 222; on deputation, 224 McGillicuddy, Daniel, 219 McGoun, Archibald, 139 McGuire, John C., 109 McInnes, Senator, 128 McKay, Dr., Sir Oliver Mowat writes to him, 187 McKenzie, Kenneth, Q.C., 44 McLennan, Hugh, 78 McMurrich, W. B., 58, 291 McNaught, W. K., 158, 240 McNeill, Alexander, 78; speech at Paris, 91; at Toronto meeting, 94; at Guelph, 112; moves resolution in House of Commons, 195; in the chair at annual meeting, 1893, 196; at meeting of League at Ottawa, 1896, 214, 215; on deputation to England, 224; attacks Sir W. Laurier, 1897, 226; speaks at Mulock banquet, 245, 246; introduces J. Davis Allen, 260; on South African War, 276; at Owen Sound, 1901, 288 McTavish, Governor, 20 McTavish, John H., 48 McWilliams, W. G., 58 Meath, Lord, takes up Empire Day, 257 Medcalfe, Mayor, F. H., 43 Meeting of Imperial Federation League in Toronto, 1888, 91 Meeting to welcome Schultz, Mair, etc., 24, 25, 26 Mercier, Honore, New York World’s comment, 107; in Continental Union League, 110; at meeting in New York, 111; Glen writes to, 112; writes to Dana, 113; copy of letter, 114 Mercury, the Bristol, 316 Merritt, Lt.-Col. W. Hamilton, helps to escort Lord Lansdowne, 73; helps to organise Toronto branch Imperial Federation League, 79, 86; secretary Toronto branch Imperial Federation League, 91; moves resolution for preferential tariffs, 91, 195; advocates deputation to England, 139 Michie, James, 58 Military Gazette on South African War, 263 Military Institute, meeting at, 260, 261 Militia, the, 8 Miller, Warner, 109 Milligan, Rev. Mr., 124 Milner, Lord, 260, 261, 264 Mission to England, 1897, 225; 1902, 223-258 Molesworth, Sir Guilford, 299, 300 Monkman, Joseph, 23 Montague, Hon. W. H., 182 Montreal meeting, 1901, 288 Montreal Transcript, 13 Morgan Combine, 292 Morison, John, president Continental Union Association, 109, 111, 112 Morley, Lord, at Edinburgh, 1902, 315 Morning Post on St. John meeting, 1902, 288; comments, 1903, 347 Moss, Chief Justice Thomas, 58 Mowat, Arthur, contests West Toronto, 166 Mowat, H. M., K.C., 291 Mowat, Sir Oliver, at St. George’s Society, 70; F. W. Glen’s reference to, 111, 112; assists Laurier, 1891, 166, 167; his views on annexation, 178, 186, 187; letter to Dr. McKay, M.P., 187; action about Woodstock meeting, 189; speech at Niagara, 1892, 190, 191; joins Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s Government, 219; attends Mulock banquet, 245 Mulock, Sir William, moves address to the Queen, 130, 131, 132; penny postage, 244, 245; banquet to, 245, 246; a conference of, 1902, 331 Murray, C. Freeman, secretary of meeting, 1894, 207; member of organising committee British Empire League, 210; cable from, 271 Mutton, W. G., 58 Myers, Elgin, in annexation conspiracy, 108; dismissed from office, 190; visits C. A. Dana, 112 N National Association, constitution, 59 National Club founded, 60; dinners at, 62; banquet to Lord Aberdeen, 239; dinner, 1902, 335 National sentiment, efforts to encourage, 11, 50 National Societies, 8 “National Spirit,” lecture on, 50, 172; Appendix B, 377 National spirit lacking before Confederation, 8 National Union of Conservative Associations, England, 335 Naval reserve, 223 Navy Island, 1837, 95 Nelson, E. G., writes Raise the Flag, 157 Nelson, Knute, 109 New Brunswick, 11 News, The Daily, London, attacks, 310; letter to, 311 Newspaper Society dinner, 1902, 302 Niagara-on-the-Lake, Centennial meeting, 190; United Empire Loyalist meeting, 64, 66 Nicholson, General Sir Wm., 206 Nicholson, Peter, 57 Norfolk Reformer, 219 Norman, Field-Marshal Sir Henry, 242 Norris, W. E., on Independence, 64 Northcote, Sir Stafford, 28 Northern Railway in Algoma Election, 58 “Northmen of the New World,” lecture by Haliburton, 16 North-West Emigration Aid Society, 50 North-West rebellion, 68, 95 North-West Territories, 13 Nova Scotia, 11 O O’Brien, Archbishop, 79; speech at Halifax, 119 O’Brien, Dennis, 109 O’Brien, Wm., visit to Toronto, 70; meeting at Toronto, 74 O’Donohue, Joseph John, 109 Onslow, Lord, 209, 343 “Opening of the War of 1812,” lecture, 171 Orillia, branch formed at, 119 Osler, E. B., 158, 197 Oswald, Mr., 348 Ottawa, branch meeting at, 119 Ottawa welcomes Lord Lansdowne, 76 Ottendorfer, Oswald, 109 Otter, Colonel, 268 Outlook comments on letter to Times, 353 Owen, Colonel, at Royal Colonial Institute, 140 Owen Sound meeting, 1901, 288 P Pacific cable, 286 Paisley, meeting at, 1902, 315 Pall Mall Gazette prints interview, 298 Papineau, Louis Joseph, 111 Parker, Sir Gilbert, M.P., lunch at Constitutional Club, 293 Parkin, Dr. George R., C.M.G., tour in Australia, 105; lecture at Whitechapel, 140; at Imperial Federation meeting, 144; on dissolution of League, 203; on deputation, 204; at National Club dinner, 239; answers Edward Blake, 241; on deputation to England, 1902, 290, 292 Patterson, Hon. Wm., 220; at conference of 1902, 331 Paul, Mr., at Liverpool, 236 Pauncefote, Sir Julian, dispatch to United States Government, 152, 153 Pembina, Hon. Wm. Macdougall arrives at, 17 Percival, Sir Westby, 207, 209 Peterborough, branch formed at, 79 Phelps, Walter, 109 Plan of Union of Empire by Galloway, 2 Plumb, Senator, 78 Portage la Prairie contingent, 23 Port Arthur, base of Red River Expedition, 34; branch formed at, 119 Porter, Horace, 109 Post Office service in Canada, at first British, 8 Potter, O. B., 109, 113 Potts, Rev. Dr. John, 78 Preference granted to Great Britain, 222 Prescott, Schultz welcomed at, 27 President of the League, 1893, 196 Press Association and Goldwin Smith, 179, 180 Prince of Wales at banquet, 1900, 273, 279; his advice to Great Britain, 293 Princess Theatre, political meeting in, 1891, 164, 165 Protest to Governor-General by Dr. Lynch, 30, 31 Protest, Lynch’s, against amnesty, 38, 39 Q Queen, the, on Raise the Flag, 159 Queen’s Own welcomes Lord Lansdowne, 73; Sergeants’ Mess on Imperial Federation 136 Queenston Heights, 80; anniversary of, 155; view of, on book, 158 R Rae, G. M., 20 Raise the Flag, song and book, 157, 158, 159 Rasch, Sir Carne, 282, 283 Reay, Lord, 199 Rebellion of 1837, 4 Reciprocity, discussion in 1902, 338; dangers of, in 1903, 344 Reciprocity treaty, 5 Red River Expedition, 33, 34; proposed withdrawal, 36, 43 Red River Rebellion, 17 Red River Settlement, 13 Reid, Hon. G. H., 226 Report of Imperial Federation League in England, 1890, 140, 141 Resolution at Toronto Station, 1870, 27 Resolution on withdrawal of Red River Expedition, 43 Resolution in Commons on preference, 195 Retaliation Act in Congress, 120 Review in Toronto in 1884, 64, 65 Rhodes, Cecil, on preference, 228 Rhodes, J. G., 199 Richot, Father, delegate from Riel, 27, 28 Richot and Scott arrested and discharged, 32 Ridout, John G., 58 Riel, seizes Fort Garry, 18; parleys with loyalists, 23; to send to meet Archibald, 45; letters from Bishop Taché, 46, 47 Ripon, Lord, 228 Ritchie, Rt. Hon. C. T., 356, 357 Ritchie, J., Jr., 58 Roaf, James R., 58 Roberts, C. G. D., favours independence, 64 Roberts, Field-Marshal Lord, at United Service Club, 206; attends conference at Lord Avebury’s, 207; on food supply, 233; at Lord Lansdowne’s, 308 Robertson, J. Ross, 158 Robidoux, Mr., 111 Robinson, Hon. John Beverley, contests Algoma, 57; at military dinner 1884, 65; President Toronto branch Imperial Federation League, 86, 91 Roosevelt, Theodore, 109 Root, Elihu, 109 Rosebery, Lord, at Whitechapel meeting, 1890, 140; at annual meeting, 1890, 143, 144, 146; dissolution of League, 200, 202, 203; at Leeds meeting, 304 Rosebrugh, Dr., 58 Ross, A. W., 78 Ross, Col. Robertson, 33 Ross, Hon. George W., supports flag raising over schools, 135; election of 1891, 166, 167; Press Association, 179, 181; his loyalty, 156; speech at St. George’s Hall, 1897, 239; establishes Empire Day, 256; on deputation, 1902, 292, 324; speech at annual meeting in London, 1902, 325; at conference, 1902, 332; at National Club banquet, 1902, 335 Rowell, N. F., speech on Empire Day, 257 Royal Colonial Institute meeting 1890, 140; conversazione, 1906, 356; dinner, 1902, 293-298 Russell, Hon. Charles, 245 S Salisbury, Lord, 74; dinner with, in 1887, 76; views on preference, 149, 150; speech at Guildhall, 150, 196; ultimatum to United States, 152; on Canadian preference, 220; delayed denouncing treaties, 222; at British Empire League banquet, 1900, 272, 273, 274; discouraged, 281, 282; not supported, 292; fails in health, 339; letter to Times on his views, 349 Salisbury, the present Lord, writes to Times, 1903, 349 Schultz, Sir John, at Fort Garry, 1862, 14; meets Mair, 15; advises Dennis, 18; taken prisoner, 19; escapes, 21; secures release of prisoners, 23; welcomed at Toronto, 25, 26; goes to Ottawa, 27, 28; sends me warning, 35 Scott, Hugh, 19, 68, 158 Scott, Riel’s delegate, 28; arrested and discharged, 32 Scott, Thomas, taken prisoner by Riel, 19; put to death, 22 Seddon, Rt. Hon. R. J., at British Empire League meeting, 1897, 226; speaks in South Africa, 303; a conference, 1902, 332 Sergeants’ Mess Queen’s Own Rifles, 136 Setter, J. J., 23 Shaw, Mayor, at Mulock banquet, 246 Shebandowan, Lake, 34 Sheppard, E. E., favours independence, 64; at St. Thomas, 127 Sherman, Senator, advocates annexation, 99, 100, 101, 102; interview in New York World, 104; quoted by Lord Rosebery, 200 Sherwood, Lt.-Col., 164 Simcoe, Lt.-Governor, first Lt.-Governor of Ontario, 190 Slocum, General Henry W., 109 Small, J. T., at organisation of Imperial Federation League, Toronto, 86; at Hamilton, 1889, 128, 158; subscribes to special fund, 197; visits England, 198; proposition to dissolve league, 198; on deputation to England in 1897, 224, 291 Smith, Goldwin, joins National Association, 60; organises club dinners, 62; Bystander comments, 63; advocates Commercial Union, 82, 83; foresees annexation, 104; joins Annexationists, 108, 109; honorary president Continental Union Association, 109; name appears in Glen’s correspondence, 112; Archbishop O’Brien denounces him, 119, 120; contest with, 168-193; lectures on “Loyalty,” “Aristocracy,” and “Jingoism,” 171; lectures in reply, “United Empire Loyalists,” “War of 1812,” and “National Sentiment,” 171, 172 Smith, Larratt W., 197; on deputation in 1894, 204 Smith, Sir Frank, 197, 246 Snow Road, 45 Somers, Mr., 136 South African War, 258, 259; contingents for, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264 Speech by G. T. Denison at banquet, 1887, 88; British Empire League dinner, 1900, 274, 275 Speech of Senator Sherman, 99 Spencer, Samuel, 109 Sprigg, Sir Gordon, 332 Spry, Daniel, 56 Stanhope, Rt. Hon. Edward, 198 St. George’s Society censures Goldwin Smith, 175, 176; dinner, 1887, 70 Stimpson, Ont., false telegram report, 106 St. John meeting, 1901, 287 Stone Fort, Lt.-Col. Dennis at, 18 St. Paul, hostile influence in, 21 Straight, Sir Douglas, 298 Strathcona, Lord, on deputation to England, 1894, 205, 206, 207; on deputation to England, 1897, 224 Straus, Nathan, 109 St. Thomas branch formed, 119; meetings at, 127, 128 Symons, D. T., 128 T Taché, Bishop, 36, 44; letters to Riel, 46, 47 Tariff Reform, 291; movement started, 346 Tarte, J. Israel, 111, 244; in London, 1900, 272; speech at National Club dinner, 1902, 335, 336 Taxation in American colonies, 1 Taylor, J. F., 210 Tecumseh, 15 Tennyson, Lord, 209, 211 Texas acquired by United States, 98 Thompson, Sir John, 113; at Washington, 147; his death, 217 Thorold Camp, 33 Tiffany, Charles L., 109 Tilley, Sir Leonard, 20; president of Imperial Federation League, 134, 194; resigns presidency, 196 Times, The, on Royal Colonial Institute dinner, 1902, 294; comments on Sir R. Giffen’s letter, 326; letter in reply to Sir R. Giffen, 325, 326, 327; letter to, in 1903, 339; on Chamberlain-Salisbury question, 349-352 Toronto branch Imperial Federation League, 80, 91 Imperialistic city, 95 United Empire Loyalist meeting, 65 Transcript, Montreal, on North-West, 13 Transvaal, 258 Treaties, German and Belgian, 139; denounced, 230 Trent affair, 240 Tribune, New York, comments, 1902, 335 Troops, British, in Canada, 8 Trotter, R. G., 58 Trout, J. M., 58 Tunbridge Wells Chamber of Commerce, 315 Tupper, Sir Charles, 215; on deputation, 1897, 224; annual meeting, 1898, 244; on contingent, 260; at League council meeting, 1902, 299; organisation of British Empire League, 205, 206, 207, 209 Tupper, Sir Hibbert, at Washington negotiations, 147, 154; Farrer pamphlet, 164, 165 “Twelve Apostles,” 49 U United Empire, idea started in America, 1 United Empire Loyalists, 1; lecture on, 171 United Empire Trade League luncheon, 1902, 333 Unrestricted Reciprocity defeated in Commons, 117 Unrestricted Reciprocity, 367 “United States in 1900,” cartoon, 104 United States Senate throw out treaty, 120 United States discussing reciprocity, 1902, 338, 339 Upper Canada College, meeting at, 155 V Venezuelan affair, Message, 210, 211, 218, 240 Victoria, B.C., branch at, 79 Vincent, Sir Howard, 196, 232; meeting at Chelmsford, 282, 283; at Manchester, 1902, 335 W Wales, Prince of (now the King), at banquet, 1900, 271, 274, 280 Walmsley, Thomas, 19, 58, 158 Walsh, M., 79 Ward, Principal, Owens College, 232 War of 1812-’14, 3 Warrant issued for Richot and Scott, 31 Washington, negotiations at, 1890, 150, 151, 152 Weldon, Professor, 95, 204 West Indian preference, 242, 243, 244 Western Daily Press, article, 316 Westminster Gazette, 305, 310 Westminster Review, article in, 179 White, Arnold, on the Army, 268 White, Solomon, advocates annexation, 108, 187 White, T. M., secretary Continental Union Association, 109; letter to Goldwin Smith, 173 Whiteway, Sir Wm., 226 Whitney, W. C., threatening war, 105, 109, 113 Wilkie, D. R., 86; seconds resolution for preferential tariff, 91; subscribes to fund, 197 Wickham, H. J., 86; starts flag movement, 134, 135; seconds resolution, 200; on deputation, 1894, 204, 291 Wilkinson, Spenser, on food supply, 232, 233 Williams, E. E., at London Chamber of Commerce, 321 Willison, J. S., 264, 267 Wilson, General James H., 105, 109 Wilson, Charles John, Hawick meeting, 211, 212 Wiman, Erastus, starts Commercial Union, 81, 82; Lt.-Col. Fred C. Denison, letter to, 86; telegram to Press, 102; in Glen’s letters, 112; and Sir R. Cartwright, 163; meets Goldwin Smith, 170 Winnipeg, 13 Wolseley, Field-Marshal Lord, commands Red River Expedition, 33; warn him, 37, 44; at Fort Garry, 48; success of, 48; food supply, 233; British Empire League banquet, 1900, 272, 273, 280 Woodstock meeting, 187 Woollen trade in Canada, 338 Worrell, John A., 86 World, Toronto, comments, 89, 90 World, New York, 107; map of North America, 1900, 104 Y Young, Sir Frederick, 209, 299, 300 Young, Major-General Ralph, 207, 209