St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-26

Bulldozing feeble and uncivilized
countries is not creditable business for
a big Christian republic to engage in.
France is not Winning any glory in this
Siamese campaign.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
1t is probable that the French will
make terms and that Siam will concede
the disputed Mekong valley boundary
and agree to pay indemnity, and that
thus the trouble will be brought TO an
end for the present.-NeW York Press.
If Siam does not yield to the demands
of France she will be tlIrashed ard de-
spoiled of her territory. If she does
yield size will only be despoiled of her
territory. Thus do Christian nations
enforce upon pagans the religion of the
meek and l0wly JeSus.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The notion that so vast and valuable
country can, without the preceding
negotiations and adjudications needed
to make good the French title, be
wrested by force from its historical and
actual pOSSeSSorS is notion more
worthy of a pirate than of a civilized
power.-NeW York Sun.
The SiameSe war cloud is becoming
darker and more OmlnOuS. China and
Russia threaten to take part. the former
on the side of Siam and. the latter of
France, and there is a strong public
sentiment in England against permit
ting the French to have their Will with
the Siamese.-Philadelphia Times.
Siam will be crowded into the center
of the peninsula, with Europeans Oh all
sides of her and French troops guarding
her capital. Her ultimate extinction as
an independent power is certain. This
is the fate which awaits all the little
Eastern states with picturesque relig-
ions and indolent and sensual rulers
Brooklyn Eagle.
If it were Siam alone, the settlement
would be as easy as it is for fox to
conclude debate with a goose. But
the fact of the presence of Great Britain
will result in such modification of the
French claims as may not be entirely
pleasing to his majesty King Chulalong.
korn, but must be satisfactory TO the
English.-Brooklyn Times.
England will not interfere in Siam
uitlCSS oL1C Ii SIG GIduCe
will be seriously embarrassed. III
France yields, it is another surrendsr &c
the Brltisher-a repetition of the Egyp,
tian fiasco-and if she does not, she Is
not altogether sure of avoiding sotie
complications in which England would
inevitably get the upper hand.-Wa5h-
| ingtOn News.
Should France succeed in absorbing
Siam, the great British empire of India
would be menaced from the southeast
almost as seriously as it Is now menaceo
from the north by the Russians. Great
Britain cannot afford to be a passive
| spectator of the present course of at.
| fairs, and it is this consideration which
has given the circumstances dispute 8
much more serious aspect than it would
otherwise wear.-New Orleans Picav-
une.
In the war against Siam or any other
| nation under the sun the French gov.
eminent can count on the support oi
every Frenchman. The French are moi
bloodthirsty people per Sc, but they
are greatly in love with the pomp and
circumstance OF war, glorious OF other
wise. If Carnot> and his cabinst -eas,
prolong the Siamese imbrogIio they NAV
secure an Indefinite lease of life for the
none too stable republie.-Philadelphia
Times.