The Mexican Government have ordered Mr. H. A. C. Cummins,
the British Diplomatic Agent in Mexico City, to leave the country. Mr. Cummins has refused and has shut himself up in the British Legation. The police are trying to prevent food from passing into the Legation, and have cut off the telephone. The action of the Obregon Government is, of course, a serious breach of international courtesy. Their grievance is that Great Britain has not recognized the Government of Mexico, and we suspect that their resentment increased when the Soviet Government was recognized. without any conditions. Mr. Cummins is not a regular member of the Diplomatic Service. He knows Mexico well, as he has lived there for over thirty years, and he has had charge of the British Legation since 1917. The British Foreign Office has made strong representations to the Mexican Government, whose accusation is that Mr. Cummins sent misleading reports to London concerning incidents in which British interests were involved.
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