LATIN AMERICA: Cummins Affair

Warning. Premier Ramsay MacDonald of Britain informed the Mexican Government that if its persecution of H. A. C. Cummins (TIME, June 23), British Charge des Archives at Mexico City, was not stopped, Mexico would not be recognized by Great Britain.

Mexico's Excuse. The Mexican Government issued a statement which read in part: "The Hon. Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister, held last Monday an interview with the Mexican Consul in London, in the course of which Mr. MacDonald stated that he regarded the attitude of the Mexican Government toward Mr. Cummins as a discourtesy...

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