HC Deb 17 May 1888 vol 326 c554
SIR GEORGE BADEN-POWELL (Liverpool, Kirkdale)

(for Mr. WATT) (Glasgow, Camlachie) asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he can state if it is a fact that the United States Government have decided upon taking action against the United States of Venezuela, so as to recover the long outstanding claims of certain United States subjects; and, whether Her Majesty's Government, having regard to the widespread discontent existing in British Guiana, owing to the long delay in the delimitation of the North-Western Frontier, are now prepared to state what action they propose taking, so as to determine the question of boundary?

THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)

Her Majesty's Government have no such knowledge. I am not aware that there is widespread discontent in British Guiana. The state of affairs in the disputed territory is, undoubtedly, not satisfactory; but, at present, Her Majesty's Government are not prepared to state what action may be taken to determine the question of boundary.