Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-07-29
FRANCE WANTS WAR.

psA" N"tNieb tne HOwern OF Her Intention
TO Blockade the Ports of siam-Her
Minister Leaves BangkoIt-The Feeling
In England.
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
ship lnconstante on Wednesday. He
has requested the government to pro-
vide pilots to conduct the Lutin and
Comete down the river. French sub
iects in Bangkok win be placed under
the protection of the Dutch consul
PARIS, July 25.-The government has
notified the powers that it intended to
establish blockade of the Siamese
coast, without prejudice to the other
measures that may be taken with the
object of securing to France the guar
antees to which she is entitled.
The Liberte newspaper says that
France will watch and hold Battam-
bang and Angkora as guarantees that
her demands will be satisfied.
The Temps says that the beginning
of the blockade will be deferred until
Thursday or Friday to enable France
to take steps prescribed by interna-
tional law.
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
Inediately after the arrival of the
battalion of the foreign legion. The
second portion of this battalion has
sailed from Marseilles. The native
militia will be reorganizcd, and to-
gether with the imported companies of
the foreign legion will cooperate with
the force already in active service in the
Khong district.
PARIS, July 25.-The Liberte says
that the French gunboats probably
will go down the river, shell and de-
stroy the Patnam forts and then
return to their positions before Bang
llolS and lombard the palace. Some
painful measure is necessary, adds this
journal, for the preservation of
Frances prestige
The Debats says that Siam, as rice
producing country, probably does not
fear greatly the blockade. AS for the
operations on land the Debats thinks
the Siamese will be provided surrep-
titiously by England with all the arms
they need
The majority 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 Siamese secret aid when
hostilities begin.
The Siamese minister in this city has
not yet received his passport from the
French government. Immediately aft
er M. Pavie's departure from Bangkok,
however, he will go to Lisbon or Mad
rid as he is accredited to Spain and
Portugal as well as to France
The minister still hopes for peace
able settlement of the trouble. The
Siamese secretary of the legation
said that no further news had been re-
ceived at the legation from Bangkok
Upon seeing M. Pavie embark, he
| added, the Siamese government might
decide to accept the terms of the ulti-
matum. This supposition, however,
was merely personal and did not rest
on any definite information.
LONDON, July 25.-The Bangkok cor
respondent to the Times says:
1.-The territory that Siam offers to sacrifice
covers the extreme point OF recently attempted
French aggression The cesson involves the
evacuation of the Siamese ports OF Poow ad one
AltOppn and Sumnanp the river itself IA
French have been unable in four months to
place single station except khnong, and that
was obtained by q surprise"
LONDON, July %. - The Franco
Siamese complications have been the
one absorbing topic in the lobbies 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-
gret is expressed that the British war;
ships in Siamese waters We're not re-
| interests in Siam outnum bered the
French hundred to one.
LONDON, July 25.-The Times pub
| fishes an editorial which, it is thought.
expresses the general English opinion
| of the merits of the Franco-Siamese dis
pute. In commenting upon Slams an
| swer to the French ultimatum, the
| Times says:
"Sams refusal to go beyond Just and reason
| able limits or to cCncede territory to which
France never put IN an effective claim until
the other day, Is no excuse for n measure of
| hostility, ostensibly directed against the
| Siamese but really striking at the commerce
| of England and other countries having com.
| mercial relation with siam"
| IN GREAT NEED