§ MR. LLOYD GEORGE (Carnarvon District)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any further information to convey as to the intentions of the Mexican Government with regard to the illegal arrest by their officers of the Captain of the Seaforth; and what action the Foreign Office propose to take in the matter?
§ SIR J. FERGUSSONThe last information received from Mexico respecting this case was dated the 18th of August. Her Majesty's Minister had applied for copies of the Judgment pronounced in the case by the Mexican Court. At present it appears that the master and owners have by Mexican law remedies of which they have not as yet availed themselves; and if that should prove to be the case there would not at present be any occasion for diplomatic action. Her Majesty's Minister has given his attention to the case, and it will receive such treatment as the circumstances may justify.