§ MR. WATT (Glasgow, Camlachie)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he is aware if the President of Venezuela left Caracas on the 9th instant for Paris viâ New York, with a view to re-opening negotiations as to the Boundary Question?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)No information has reached the Foreign Office of the President having actually left Venezuela; but we have heard indirectly that he intended to do so. I am not at all aware of his purpose.
§ MR. WATT (Glasgow, Camlachie)asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether the Governor of British Guiana has sailed to resume his duties; and, whether he has received definite instructions as to the steps to be taken to protect the boundary up to the frontier now declared by the Government to be British territory?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir HENRY HOLLAND) (Hampstead)The Governor is on his way back to the Colony. As Her Majesty's Government have no reason to anticipate any attempt on the part of Venezuela to encroach on the territory claimed by Great Britain, it was not thought necessary to give the Governor specific instructions as to the steps to be taken to protect the boundary.