Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-08-05

was held today Dcyelle announced
that Prince Nadhana had signihed
Slams willingness to conccde to the
supplementary guarantees demanded
by France.
ne supplementary guarantees which
were demanded 10y France from Siam
includes temporary custody of the river
and port of Chianuhunat and that
Siam shall not establish its military
in certain named places near the Cam.
bian frontier or within certain dis
lance of the Mekong river. II was
contained in note issued by Develle
yesterday and made public today
The prcteXt Tor imposing these heavi-
er conditions is alleged to be the de-
lay of Siam in accepting the original
.ultmatum
DAY RUMORS
bangkok, Aug, 1,-Euglish and Ger
man gunboats entered the Menam river
today. They proceeded up the river
ana came 10 anchor off the city.
sam has officially notified Franco
that siam is prepared To give the
supplementary guarantee required by
France OF the strict fulnllment of tho
terms OF the ultimuum pending a
maj settlement Of the questions in.
yolyed
1t is understood that the French will
occupy the river ana port OF Chnnti-
bun, which lies t75 miles to the south.
east of Bangkok, on the Gulf of Siam,
until complete evacuation Is made OF
the Siamcse military posts on the left
bank Of the Mckong river. The block.
ade is stir IN force
Paris, Aug l.--Adyices received here
from Bangkok show that no under.
standing has been reached In regard
to the dclimitatlon of territory claimed
by the French. or at least that no
knowledge 90 that effect has reached
the Slamcsc capital.
Neither - IL known at Bangkok that
the blockade Is to be at once raised
On the contrary the dispatches from
Bangkok fully support reports current
| That much uncasinesS rs to the final
outcome of the trouble is felt In Bang.
koll and that anxiety Us increasing
! daily II is feared that an attack will
shortly be made upon Bangkok unless
the French government sends orders
10 Nice-Admiral Human not TO at
tack the city.
There are slgnS that the government
IS bending before the blast that il
blowing from the Bouleyards It Is
now explained that France has not
really accepted Slams submission to
the full demands Of the French ulu.
mdtum. The submission was only put
on record when 1t was received from
Prince Nadhana, the Siamese minister
10 France, and nothing final will be
done until M. Leyderc de Nillers, the
French plenWotentiary, who Is now on
his way to Siam, has accomplished his
mission TO Bangkok
Ills Instructions are to demand ST
ANS submission TO the guarantees
against renewal o the Samese at
tlcks upon the French and 80 ask for
special advantages on behalf Of tho
French in which the financial world
is understood to be Interested
London. Aug. 1.-The Daily News
says The latest news from Bang
kob Is very serious Siam having ac-
ccpted the French terms Frances per
sistencc in Cocrcivc measures will be
equivalent 10 an unprovoicd declara,
ton Of war II not IN open demand
for the cession OF Siam The British
foreign office has never been in bet
ter or irmer hands than now
We have no desire TO attack France,
but while Lord Rosebery made up his
mind from the first not 20 assist or
encourage the Siamese, he was equally
determined with the full approval Of
his colleagues to protect the CONNER
cl.d rights Of his own countrymen.
He distinctly warned France that
British vessels could not be stopped
under q blockade avowedly pacific In
character.
1T is quite impossible for Great
Britain to withdraw the ships she sent
to Bangkok for protective purposes
We cannot be accused Of exciting pub
llo feeling against France. But mod
Grafton Is one thing, weakness an,
other"
The Daily News makes a special fea-
ture Of the Bangkok dispatch to
news agency, which was sent to Auert-
CT last evening by the London repre-
sentative Of the Associated Press. This
dispatch referred to the uneaslness
there, the arrival Of more French gun
boats. the issue Of a second blockade
notice and other unfayorable features
Of the situation.
A dispatch from Paris to the AssO-
clated Press states that Lord Dufferin,
the British ambassador TO France, and
NJ. Develle at their interview yester-
day. merely ampllfied the papers that
had already been prepared for sigma
ture Inquiry at the foreign office
ELECTS the information that the discus
sion was confined to a rough draft Of
a convention for the delineation Of the
frontiers Of the territory to be handed
over TO the French by the Siamese
and the formation Of a buffer country
between the French Gnd British pos