Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-08-03
SIAM SURRENOERS.
War Happily Averted by Sudden
Truce.
An Unexpected Turn OF Affairs Brought
on Probably by an Understanding Be-
tween England and SIAM.

on Probably by an Understanding Be-
tween England and Siam.
BANGKOK, July 26.-M. Pavie, the French
| minister resident, prior to his departure,
had a final interview with Devawongse,
the Siamese foreign minister, who said
| that his government was astonished that
France considered the Siamese reply to the
French nltimatum as a refusal to comply
| with its terms.
1t was impossible. he said, to accept
definitely an indefinite proposal. France
| has never defined her rights in AMMAN
and Cambodia; but the king, earnestly de-
string peace and a speedy settlement Of
the whole case, had declared his readiness
to abandon to AMMAN and Cambodin all
the posts that had been attacked as well as
the territory near them, including Stung-
treng and Khong, although these places
| were admitted to DeSiamese.
SAIGON, July 26.-Captain Villers, who
| is in command of the French forces at
Khong reports that the capture of Fort
Donson by the French produced an ex-
| cellent impression. The governor OF the
Island of Khong was killed during the at.
tack and his death fastened the retreat of
| the Siamese.
The French flag has been hosted on the
Island of Rongsamlen, which will be
made the basis of future operations. The
French government has also decided to
1
Gulf of Siam.
Hone KONG, July 26.-Admiral FREE
mantle has ordered the gunbuat Ployer TO
Join the cruiser Pallas outside the bar at
Menam.
PARIS, July 26.-The French cruiser
Eclaireur has been ordered from Cher
bourg to Brest to be fitted out with new
armament. She will proceed thence to
Siam to join Rear Admiral Humans
flotlla.
1t is stated that an effective blockade of
the Siamese coast by the French feet will
only begin on Saturday or Sunday next.
Until then all the powers will not have re.
ceived notice of Frances intention to cs-
tablish the blockade.
The Chinese charge d'affaires had an in
tervlew to-day with the chief officials at
the foreign office III regard to Siam.
Lord Duferin had an audience with NJ.
Develle this morning. A cabinet council
was held at O'Clock this evening, but the
greatest secrecy was maintained as to what
took place at the meeting. Another Cabi-
net council will be held on Saturday next.
The Temps gives a detailed account of
how the French gunboats forced a passage
up the Menam river. They entered the
channel about G o'clock in the evening and
Immediately both forts and the Samese
boats crossed the bar, notwithstanding the
explosion of a submarine torpedo directly
ahead of the fleet The Inconstsnte
rammed and sunk Sianfese gunboat.
About 0 o'clock the forts at Paknam
opened fire at range of one-quarter OF q
were making 10 knots an hour against the
stream. AT $50 o'clock the French fleet
anchored in front of the French legation
at Bangkok. The cannonade had little
effect owing to the darkness.
The police of this city, by orders of the
government, are seizing cheap maps of
Siam which are offered for sale on the
boulevards. and which represent the
Siamese frontier in accordance with En-
glish ideas.
LONDON, July 28.-England threw off to-
day the mask of apathy behind which she
has been concealing her real feelings about
the Franco.Siamese complications. She is
rapidly making ready to put herself across
the pathway OF triumphant France. She
has found a pretext for interfering, and
she is making all preparations to balk her
neighbor across the way with something
far more serious than vague protests and
threats.
The foreign office has appreciated from
the first that the situation in Siam might
become aggravated at any moment, and,
notwithstanding her pretence of indiffer-
ence, England has not been idle. To-day
matters came to such point that conceal
ment was no longer possible. The foreign
office did not believe that France had
begun blockade until it made direct in
curry to-day, and got definite answer
from the French government that there is
blockade of Siam, and that it is not a
pretence, but a shutting out of the ships of
, all nations. The indications yesterday
were that the blockade would never be-
come serious, that Siam would give in as
soon as escape from Frances conditions
J was seen to be impossible.
, The rRDly Of 0uuV di0raau IN nny,nfn0
street has made it impossible for England
) TO keep in the background. A blockade of
Slams coast means nothing Is Siam, but
, it means ruin to the large and growing
commerce of England with Siam. BY the
blockade England is attacked, not Siam.
!. Germany also is attacked, because her
commerce with Siam is second only To
Britain's. But England is the chief suf.
sufferer. Late tonight nothing but Siam
( is being talked of. All sorts of rumors are
) atoat. Several things ii is possible to con-
firm definitely. Lord Roberts until lately
. COMMUNICATIVE chief of the British forces
I, in India, went to Glasgow yesterday to re-
, ceive the freedom of the city" He was
recalled by telegraph this morning, and
. | came back to London without having
! time to attend a reception in his honor.
1 The Duke of Cambridge, commander-in.
I, chief of Her Majesty's armies usually Q
4 casual and infrequent caller at army head
quarters, spent the whole day there to-day
consulting with the chief officers of the
army. This evening a special messenger
!, was sent from the foreign office to Paris
q with dispatches for Lord Dufferin's own
hands. The Privy Council met this evening
Q at Osborne. The cabinet was represented
+ by Lord Kimberly secretary of state fol
:, India.
This afternoon Earl Spencer, First Lore
OF the Admiralty, went down to Osborn,
: to make the Queen acquainted with the
U situation and to arrange for a meeting Of
IS the Privy Council. He returned this even
Y ing. The Secretary of the Chinese Lega.
Il ton has spent a good part of the day il
# close consultation with Lord Rosebery
q and the Chinese minister has been In con
" sultation with his government, sending
and receiving long kilograms. The ad
+ miralty has been telegraphing at length t
u the fleet on the China station. Mr.. Glad
a stone, who was about leaving London TO
q | three days of rest, has abandoned his tril
! and is hard at work over the situation.
a 1t is said that the foreign office has in
:, structed Lord Dufferin to demand of thu
J French government positive assurance tina
e English ships shall not be molested, Blu
shall be allowed to enter and leave Siames
ports freely, and that if the French gov
eminent refuses this demand he Is to asl
for his passports and leave Paris at once
70 There seems to be an element of truth II
70 this report, although 1t is doubtful If Eng
land will proceed so precipitately. II cal
y be said on better authority that England
d will give France to understand that tn
t. blockade must not apply to English ship
m and that the seizure of an English shil
i will be regarded by England as an act o
= hostility.
= BANGKOK, July 29.-The Sislnese gov
70 eminent has accepted the full terms o
the French ultimatum.