SURPRISE & REGRET

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 May 1938, Page 7

SURPRISE & REGRET

BRITAIN’S VIEW OF BREAK WITH MEXICO STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. PROTECTION OF COMMERCIAL INTERESTS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBW, May 16. The surprise and regret of the British Government at the decision of the Mexican Government to close its legation in London was expressed by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr R. A. Butler, in a reply to a question in the House of Commons. He said he could not forecast any further action which might be undertaken, but the Government would naturally continue its best endeavours to protect the substantial British commercial interests in Mexico. He expressed the hope that any efforts by the British Government to secure a settlement with Mexico would be supported in all quarters of the House. RIOTS IN MEXICO CITY PRECAUTIONS AGAINST UPRISINGS. RUMOUR THAT PRESIDENT MAY RESIGN. MEXICO CITY, May 16. The Government has moved troops into the States of Guanajuato and San Luis Potosi as a precaution against possible uprisings. The troop movements followed riots in Mexico City in which Leftist students were driven from the university by armed police. Several were wounded. The university is considered by Leftists to be a Rightist stronghold. The newspaper “Hombre Libre” prints a rumour that President Cardenas intends to resign. Guanajuato is one of the most thickly populated Mexican States, with a population, in 1930, of 981,963. The capital of San Luis Potosi, a city of the same name, is 327 miles north of Mexico City by railway. It has clothing factories, railway workshops and important silver mines.