The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-08-05
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Little Siam Accepts Frances UitIms
tum In lts Entirety
In the Interests OF Peace the King submit
to Frances Requirements Terms OF
tho Ultimatum and R"""-l "f the
Diplomatic Step to Settlement.

ernment has accepted the full terms OF
the French ultimatum The substance
of Frances ultimatum was as follows:
1. A recognition of the rights Of An
nam and Cambodia on the left or east
ern bank of the Mekong river as far
north as the twenty-third parallel Of
latitude.
2. The evacuation within a month Of
the forts held by the Siamese on the
east bank of the river.
3. Full satisfaction for various
Siamese aggressions against French
ships and French sailors on tho
Menam river
4. The punishment of the culprits
and provision for the pecuniary indcm-
nifty of the victims.
5. An indemnity of two million
francs for various damages sustained
by French subjects.
6. The immediate deposit of 5000, 900
francs to guarantee the payment of the
fourth and fifth claims, or the assign
tnent of the the taxes in certain dis
tricts in lieu of the deposit of 100000
francs.
The ultimatum was sent on July 10,
and forty-eight hours were allowed
for Siam to make answer to the French
French minister at Bangkok, pre-
sented the ultimatum to Prince
Devawongse, the Siamese foreign
minister. On July % Siam replied,
stating that the king was at a loss to
understand what the rights Of AMMAN
and Cambodia were on the left bank of
the Mekong river. The king expressed
his willingness to abandon all the ter
ritories over which the existence of
these rights could be proved and called
attention to the fact that five months
previously he had proposed to submit
all the contested territorial questions
to international arbitration.
| In the interest of peace, however, the
king offered to surrendered the terri
tory as far north as the eighteenth de-
gree of latitude, but no further, and
proposed that the islands in the Me-
kong river be used in common by Siam
and France. All the other points of
the ultimatum were conceded. This
answer was not satisfactory to France,
and subsequently M. Pavie withdrew
from bangkok on a gunboat, and the
French warships in the Menam river
went to Koshi Chang, an island near
the head of the Gulf of Siam, where
they joined the French fleet under the
command of Admiral Human.
France then determined to blockade
the Siamese coast. There is serious
doubt as to the time the blockade was
to be made effective. The French gov.
ernment informed the British govern
ment that the blockade would begin
July 81, but the British minister al
Bangkok later informed the British
foreign office that it had commenced or
'uly &C.
Lord Roseberry, the British foreign
minister, Friday asked the French gov
ernment for prompt explanation o.
this conflict in dates, but the answer
has not yet been made public. Will
the acceptance of the ultimatum by
the Siamese government the war clout
in the east will cf course pass over
LONDON, July 29.-The Siamese lega
tion in this city has received a dispatch
from Bangkok stating in effect tina
the Siamese government, learning tha'
France regards it's reply to the ulti
matum as "a refusal to grant the Frencl
demands, and being most desirous o
maintaining peace, has telegraphed in
structions to the Siamese minister a
Paris to inform M. Develie, the Frencl
foreign minister, that Siam ccepts th
ultimatum in its entirety. The dis
patch adds that the Siamese govern
ment hopes that the blockade will
cease; that diplomatic negotiations will
be resumed, and that an early settle
u.ent of the trouble will be effected