The Hickman courier., 1893-08-04
SURRENDERS.
Little Siam Accepts frances uItirna.
tum in lis Entirety
In the Interest OF P,'ac. the King sobnits
To Frgncc's Req Iire.nrnts Terms OF
the Ultlm-tum api X cord ~ tie
Diplcsaa:ie step to Settlement.

BANGKOK, July 3I.--The Siamese gov
crnmcnt has accepted the full terms of
the French ultimitum The substance
Of Frances ultimatum was as follows:
I. A recognition of the rights OF An
nam and Cambodia ON the left or east
ern banx of the Mckong river as far
north as the twentythird parallel of
latitude.
2. The evacuation within month of
the forts held by the Siamese on the
east bank OF the river.
3. Full, satisfaction for various
Siamese aggrcssions against French
shipx. and French sailors on the
I. The punishment Of The culprits
aud provision for the pecuniary indcm-
nifty of the victims.
5. An indemnity Of two million
francs for various damages sustained
by French subjects
o. The immediate deposit of 3,0)),0oo
francs to guarantee the payment of the
fourth and fifth claims, or the assign
ment of the the tax,s In certain dis
tricts in lieu of the deposit of 1900, 600
francs.
The ultimatum was sent on July 10,
and forty-eight hours were allowed
for Siam TO make answer to the French
demands. On July 81 NJ. Payie, the
French minister at Bangkok, pre-
sented the ultimatun to Prince
Devawongse, the Siamese foreign
minister. On July % siam replied,
stating that the king was at loss 10
understand what the rights of AMMAN
ana Cambodia were on the left bank OF
the Mekong river The king expressed
his willingness 10 aban ion 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 70 81 rendered 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 uscl in common 10y Siam
and France. All the other points of
the ultimatum were conceded. This
answer was not satisfactory to France,
and subsequently NJ 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 Iiumann.
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 blocks de would begin
July 81, but the British minister at
fsangkek later Informed the British
foreign Office that II ha commenced on
July %.
Lord Roseberry, the British foreign
minister, Friday asked The French gov
ernment for a prompt explanation Of
this conflict in dates, but the answer
has not yet been m de public. With
the acceptance of the ultimatum by
the Siamese government the war cloud
in the east will of course pass over,
LONDON, July 29.-The Siamese lega-
tion in this city has received dispatch
from bangkok stating in effect that
the Siamese government, learning that
France regards its reply TO the ulti-
matum as a refusal to grant the French
demands, and being most desirous of
maintaining peace, has telegraphed in
structions to the Siamese minister at
Paris to inform NJ. Devclie, the French
foreign minister, that Siam cccpts the
ultimatum in its entirety. The dis
patch adds that the Siamese govern
nent hopes that the blockade will
cease; that diplomatic negotiations will
bc resumed, and that an early settle
.ncnt of the trouble will be effected.