Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-07-21
BRITISH LION GROWLS.
Active Preparation For
BIoodshed in Siam.
KING TO LEAVE BANGKOK
Report That Russian warships Will
Take the Part Of France.

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LONDON, July 81 "A special cabinet
meeting was summoned yesterday after
noon and Frances demands on Siam were
discussed at length, aud eventually In
structions for the Marquis of Dufferin,
British ambassador to France, were for
mulatsd and approved. After the meeting
the Earl Of Roseberry, secretary of state
for foreign affairs, communicated with the
admiralty as regards the disposition of the
feet In Asiatic waters.
Late In the afternoon special orders
were dispatched by the admiralty to Vice
Admiral Fremantle commander-in chief
of the Chinese division Of the feet. These
facts together with the sudden cancelling
Of the Marquis Of DufferiRs leave of alb
sence, are regarded as hardly in harmony
with the official predictions of perfectly
amicable settlement with France Of the
Siamese difficulty. Even II not alarmed
by the course OF France the government IL
believed to realize that the Siamese affair
is fraught with the most serious possibili-
ties, for which immediate pre- paration
must be made by Great Britain.
How Parliament Views It
house OF commons in regard to the Siam
ESQ trouble. Sir Edward Grey, parlia-
mentary secretary for the foreign Office,
replied in behalf Of the government. He
rehearsed the events that have occurred
In Siam since the relations between that
country and France had become strained,
and said that the British government had
neither such sufficient nor precise informa-
tion as would enable it to form conclu-
sion as to the merits Of the conflict.
Sir Edward added that the only part. of
the French ultimatum to Siam which
concerned Great Britain was that relating
to territorial arrangements between
France and Siam. The government had
determined to send Lord Dufferin, the
British ambassador to France, back to
Paris with view to securing an i'm
mediate exchange of views with the
French government on this point The
matter would be conducted In an amicable
spirit
Siam In = Turmoil.
PARIS, July 2l.-A dispatch received
here from Bangkok states that the Siam
ese court Is greatly agitated Preparations
are apparently under way for the depart
ure Of the king and his court from the
capital. Reports Of the intention of the
king to leave Bangkok have spread among
the populace and have caused uch ex-
element
The dispatch adds that 1t Is stated In
Bangkok that popular agitation In favor
of France has been started In the province
OF BattambanR some distance to the
southeast of the capital, and that troops
have been sent to put down the sedition.
The belligerant attitude of the French
gunboats Forfait, Inconstante and
Comete, opposite the middle of the city,
Is causing great anxiety among the peo-
pie. All three gunboats have steam up
and are cleared for action. The men are
continually beaten to quarters. and they
train the guns on any Sianiese gunboat
that happens to pass them on the way up
Or down the river day or night, although,
In accordance with an agreement with M.
Davie, French minister resident, the
Siamese government endesvors to allay
suspicion by warning In advance the
French commander Of the passing of every
Siamese man-of-war.
Russia Takes . Hand.
PARIS, July 2l.-The statement that
Russian had signified her intention to
support France in her dispute with Siam,
ard that Russian warships were now on
the way to the Gulf of Siam, was published
III lho L oeit Jourudi, Liocrai IScpuoii-
can paper. A similar statement appeared
In The Nation, Radical newspaper.
Admiral Tryon's Signal.
VALErTA, Malta, July 81. - Captain
Johnstone of the Camperdown, which
sunk the Victoria, was re-examined He
testified that he felt he was obeying or
ders without knowing clearly how Vice
Admiral Tryon intended the evolution to
be effected. To have hesitated would
have been to disobey.
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