The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-07-29
Looks LIKE WAR.
The French Minister Prepares to
Leave the Siamese Capital
France Notifies the Powers Of It's LnteD-
tton-Mflitary Plans In Process Of For.
nation England Displays Con-
siderable Anxiety.
LOWERED THE FLAG.

tf3 AOVEnG IdE FLAT.
BANGKOK, July 25.-M. Pavie, French
minister resident, has lowered the flag
over his Office and has notified the
,Slamese government that he will leave
the city to go aboard the French war
snip lnconstante on Wednesday. He
has requested the government to pro-
vide pilots to conduct the Lutin and
Comete down the river French su b.
lects in Bangkok will be placed under
the protection of the Dutch consul
WILL BLOCKADE THE COAST.
PARIS, July 25.-The government has
notified the powers that it intended to
establish a blockade of the Siamese
coast, without prejudice to the other
measures that may be taken with the
object of secur ngato France the guar
antees to which she is entitled. ..
The French government is making
arrangements with another govern
ment for the protection of French sub
jects in Siam during the absence from
Bangkok of M. Pavie. the French min
lister, who has been ordered to leave
Bangkok in twentyfour hours
MILITARY OPERATIONS.
Besides the blockade military opera
tions will be opened shortly. The de-
tails of these operations are still unde-
termined. They will be settled at cab
met council within a day Or two.
Steps will be taken in Indo-
China toward serious action i'm
nediately after the arrival Of the
battalion of the foreign legion. The
- Tn
sailed from Marseilles. The native
militia will be reorganized. and to-
gether with the imported companies of
the foreign legion will cooperate with
the force already in active service in the
Khong district.
COMMENT IN FRANCE.
PARIS, July 25.--The Liberte says
that the French gunboats probably
will go down the river. shell and de-
stroy the Paknarn forts and then
return to their positions before Bang
kok and lombard the palace. Some
painful measure is necessary, adds this
journal, for the preservation OF
Frances prestige.
The ma jority of the Paris newspapers
devote as much space to denunciation
of England as to the matter at issue
between France and Siam. England is
reproached by them with supporting
the Siamese in their opposition to
Frances just demands and with plan
ming to give the Sia1nese secret aid whep
hostilities begin.
ANXIETY IN LONDON.
LONDON July 25. The Franco
Siamese complications have been the
one absorbing topic in the Hobbies of
the house of commons. The situation
is regarded with apprehension by all
parties, and the last news from Bang
kok and Paris is read with as much
anxiety as eagerness. On all sides re-
greet is expressed that the British war
lips in Siamese waters We're not re-
a,:srced a month ago, as the British
4 * >sts in Siam outnum bered the
- hundred to one.
FRANCE HEs1rATEs
Al, July 26.-Thc ministry is now
in quandary. 1t was not contem.
plated that Siam would resist, and the
cabinet hesitates to incur the odium of
bloodshed. According to international
laws neutral powers are not
bound to recognize a block
ade except between bclligerents, and
the French constitution provides that
war cannot be declared without the
consent of parliament. The situa-
ton is one of the greatest diff
Guilty and only success can JUS
tify the policy which NJ. De-
velle has adopted. Should he fail the
country, already smact;ng under the
long tale of colonial failures, will
visit him and his cabinet with the |
heaviest penalties. President Carnot's !
absence from the capital at such a crit |
ical moment has revived the rumors Of /,
his serious Illness
Perkins for the Senate. !
SACRAMENTO, Cal, July 24--Gov.
Markham has appointed George c. !
Perkins to succeed Leland Stanford in J
the United States senate. The an !