§ MR. HOWARD VINCENT (Sheffield, Central)asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether it is true that diplomatic relations 724 with the Government of Venezuela have been suspended?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)It is the case that Her Majesty's Government received intelligence that diplomatic relations would be suspended between Her Majesty's Government and the Republic of Venezuela on the 21st instant. We understand that the cause of the suspension is stated to be the difference about the frontier between British Guiana and Venezuela.