The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-02
FRENCHMEN JUBILANT.
Slams Surrender Regarded as a
Victory Over England.
GREAT UNEAs1NEss IN BANGKOK.

Indications That Admiral Human Has
Not Been Advised by His Government
of the Existing Trucc-Inhabitants Fear
an Attack ON Slams Capital.
PARIS, Aug. 1.-The ambig uous tone of
Sundays cabinet council in accepting
Slams surrender has excited much com
ment. 1t is generally understood that this
tonewas adopted for the purpose of soothing
International susceptibilities. II is stated
on high authority that France intends to
take decisive steps to insure Slams carry
ing out the terms of the ultimatum The
blockade of the Siamese coast will be con-
tinued, it is said, until the French de-
mands are satisfied. The French force
now present i'll Siamese waters is believed
to be sufficient to make the blockade eff
fective.
prominent Paris merchant who owns
warehouses in Bangkok expressed the opin-
ion that decisive action is necessary to re-
store the prestige which France enjoyed in
Siam after the adoption of the commercial
treaty Of 1860. French trade has recently
declined heavily, he said, in consequence
or British and German enterprise and i'll
trigue to destroy French influence He
believed that the strong tone of the ulti-
matum would tend greatly to restore the
influence of France in Siam.
The general opinion here Is that the is
sue OF the controversy is a triumph for
French over English diplomacy. 1t is be-
lieved in the diplomatic circle that there
will be no disagreement between France
and England in the delimitation of the
frontier. 1t is also believed that China
Will adopt her customary course of laissez
faire and not meddle with the matter.
BANGKOK, Aug. 1. = The uneasiness
"a m nTu In 10 ho, e. G..
Is increasing. Seven more French gin-
boats have arrived at Koh-Si- Chang. max
ing total of thirteen now here Negotia-
tons are still going on. but the progress
made is not reported The intentions of
the French are awaited with fear and ap-
prehension. Rear Admiral Human. com
handing the French squadron, has issued
second blockade notice, to take effect to-
day. He will order the British warships
Pallas and Swift, now lying Off Bangkok,
to go outside the blockade limits. M.
Pavie, the French minister resident, has
gone to Saigon, and Rear Admiral HUI
mann is under direct orders from Paris
Unless the French government interposes
quickly an attack OH Bangkok seems GER
tain. The trading community is surprised
that Human is still allowed free hand.
LONDON, Aug. 1.-The Standard received
the following dispatch from its Paris cor
respondent: Owing to the representation
made to NJ. Develle, the foreign minister.
by Lord Dufferin, the British ambassador
to France, the question of IA neutral zone
between the French possessions in the
Siamese peninsula and British Burmah
and the Shau states has been settled salts
factorily. 1t has been agreed that the
French blockade of tue Samese coast shall
be raised Immediately" No conirmatio
of the foregoing has been received.
The Daily News says edtorially:
The latest news from bangkok is very
serious Siam, having accepted the French
terms, Frances persistency in coercivc
measures will be equivalent to an unpro
voked declaration Of war, il not an omen
demand for the cession of Siam. The
British foreign office has never been i'm a
better or firmer hand than now. We have
no desire to attack France, but while Lord
Rosebery made up his mind from the first
not to assist or encourage the Samese he
was equally determined, with the full an
proval of his colleagues, to protect the COM
mercial rights of his own countrymen. He
distinctly warned France that British YES
sells could not be stopped under a blockade
avowedly pacific in character. 1t is quite
Impossible for Great Britain to withdraw
the ships she sent to Bangkok for protec-
tive purposes. We cannot be accused of
exciting public feeling against France.
But moderation is one thing, weakness
anoth err"
The Paris correspondent of the Central
News says that it has learned from good
authority that France demands, as security
from Siam that the terms of the ultima
tum will be carried out the temporary
custody of Chantaboon, town near the
Gulf of Siam; also that Siam shall estab-
llsh no military stations ut certain named
places near the frontier of Cambodia or
within certain distance of the Mekonu
river
The Posts Paris correspondent saws:
"A lengthy interview yesterday between
NJ Develle and Lord Duffern resulted in n
friendly entente permitting Siam to be
maintained as Il buffer between the Brit
ish and the French possessions. France
abandons the coded parts to which Eng
land lays claim as having formed part of
Burmah previous to Theebaw's overthrow.
England agrees to the necessity of an ac-
curatc adjustment of the Siamcse frontier
in relation to Tonquin and AMMAN. The
entente is SO complete that Lord Dufferin
Will probably return to England tomor-
row.
Disastrous Cyclone in Ohio.
WHEELING, w. Va, Aug. 1.-The long