§ Mr. MITCHELL-THOMSONasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether any British Force had been landed in Mexico; if so, under what circumstances; and whether he was in a position to give further information regarding the situation and the measures which were being taken to protect British interests?
The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Mr. McKinnon Wood)A force of men from His Majesty's ship "Shearwater" were landed at San Quentin (Lower California) at the request of British subjects and United States citizens for the protection of their lives and property, the Mexican officials having withdrawn from the town. The force was re-embarked after a few hours. The second part of the question is answered in my reply to the hon. Member for West Ham, S. (Mr. W. Thorne).
§ Mr. WILLIAM THORNEasked what steps, if any, had been taken by the Government to protect British commercial interests in Mexico in view of the disturbed state of the country; whether any representations had been made to the United States Government that the recognition of the Monroe doctrine by Great Britain was conditional upon the power of the United States Government to maintain its paramountcy on the American continent and to protect established British interests, especially in such countries as the Central American Republics and Mexico; and whether there was any contemplation of joint action between Great Britain and the United States Government in support of the Diaz administration and against the insurrection, professedly in order to protect British and American interests?
Mr. McKINNON WOODExcept in a few isolated cases in which His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires has applied to the Mexican Government for protection, His Majesty's Government have not received complaints that British commercial interests have been injuriously affected. The reply to the remainder of the question is in the negative.