§ MR. DILLWYNasked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether any steps had been taken to renew diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Mexico; and if so, whether there is any prospect of such a renewal being established?
§ MR. BOURKE,in reply, said, the question of the renewal of our relations was practically in the same position as it was last year, when the hon. Member for Swansea raised a debate on the subject, and when the views of Her Majesty's Government were stated. Her Majesty's Government had not shown the slightest reluctance to renew diplomatic relations with Mexico, nor thrown the slightest difficulty in the way of their renewal; but, considering the circumstances under which they were 1299 broken off, the Government still thought it was not for them to take the initiative in the matter.