The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-08-03

BANGKOK, July 31.-The Siamese gov
ernment has accepted the full terms of
the French ultimatum. The substance
of Frances ultimatum was as follows:
l. 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 month of
the forts held by the Siamese on the
east bank of the river.
8. Full satisfaction for various
Siamese aggressions against French
ships and French sailors on the
Menam river.
4. The punishment Of the culprits
and provision for the pecuniary indem-
nifty of the victims.
5. An indemnity of two million
francs for various damages sustained
by French subjects.
9. The immediate deposit of 5000, 900
francs to guarantee the payment Of the
fourth and fifth claims, or the assign
ment of the the taxes in certain dis
tricts in lieu of the deposit of 5000, 900
francs.
The ultimatum was sent on July IL,
and forty-eight hours were allowed
for Siam to make answer to the French
demands. On July 81 M. Pavie, the
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 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 "A 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 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 feet 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 at
Bangkok later informed the British
foreign Office that it had commenced on
July 28.
Lord Roseberry, the British foreign
minister, Friday asked the French gov
ernment for prompt explanation of
this conflict in dates, but the answer
has not yet been made 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 M. Develie, the French
foreign minister, that Siam accepts the
ultimatum in its entirety. Tho dis
patch adds that the Siamese govern
ment hopes that the blockade will
cease; that diplomatic negotia tions will
be resumed and that an early settle