Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-25
Now Seem to be Mixed up in the
Siam Affair.
FRANCES ACTION CONDEMNED
By the Press of London, While
Paris Newspapers Roast Eng
over Her Alleged Interference.
Germany Tickled Over the
Prospect of a Quarrel.

PARIS, July al: :45 p. m.-The govern
ment has notified the powers that IL IN
tends to establish blockade on the Sla-
mese coast without prejudice 10 the otner
measures that may be taken with the oo-
ject OF securing to France the guarantees
TO which she is entitled. A council VIII
be held tomorrow to decide wnae
additional measures shall be taken 70 en-
sure the obtaining OF guarantees from
Siam. President Carnot is at Marly-Le-
Roi and the cabinet will go there for dellp1
Grafton. The ministers will meet az
o'clock tomorrow morning, President Gar
not presiding. The French government Is
making arrangements with anotner gov
ernment for the protection OF the brencn
subjects In Siam during the absence from
Bangkok of NJ. Pavie. the French Mln-
lister.
LONDON, July PA dispatch from Paris
to a news agency states that the olookaue
of the Siames coast will be complete on
Thursday or Friday next. The Franco
Siamese complications have been the one
absorbing topic in the lobbies OF the House
OF Commons to-day. The situation Is re-
garded with apprehension by au par,
ties, and news from Bangkok ana
Paris is read with as much anxiety
as eagerness. On all sides regret Is ex-
pressed that the British war ships IN oi-
amese waters were not reinforced month
ago as the British interests in Siam out.
number the French hundred to one. rms
afternoon q council of ministers was sum-
moned at the instance Of Lord Roseperry'
secretary OF state for foreign analrs, 10
meet in the prime minister's room OF the
House of Commons. The only subject dis
cussed was the situation at Bangkok.
NEW YORK, July PA cable dispatch
from London this afternoon states that
Bangkok telegram published there declares
that the Sismese government oilers 10 pay
an increased indemnity in lieu OF the ces-
sion of the province OF Luang Praoang 70
France. Either the correspondent
has been misinformed or the
French government has misrepresenteo
the text of Siam's reply as impaired 10
the Paris press. What appears quite Ger
tain is that we have not as'yst seen tne
verbatim report Of the ultimatum. Sus-
picion exists in many quarters that France
has intentionally withheld part both OF
the ultimatum and the reply and as the
session Of the Chamber is closed
the public has little chance OF learning the
real position. M Pavie's official dispatches
containing the text of the reply arrived In
some confusion, and being in cipher an
omission such as has been referred TO could
be easily explained away. Accompany
ing the telegram to the Siam
ese legation in Paris, containing
Siam's reply, was another dispatch
with confidential instructions, which has
not been published, but which was re-
transmitted to Lord Roseberry. This
may possibly have contained the offer OF
an increased indemnity. The situation is
extremely critical The conciliatory re-
70 IN
fluence of the King Of Siam, but in
the present temper of the Siamese
he may be unable to prevent some unto
ward incident, such as firing on the gun
boat Forfait as she retires down the river
with M. Pavie on board II this should oc-
cur the French would instantly lombard
Bangkok. The Paris Figaro ascribes
Siam,s request for an extension of and the
desire to prolong negotiations to an
intention to render the French
gunboats impotent by exhaust
ing their coal supplies before they
are able to leave the river. The Siamese
warships are anchored mile higher up
than the French and around bend OF the
river which shelters them from sudden
French attack The current of the Menam
is very swift and would give them q dis
tinct advantage in descending
upon the French vessels which
would be compelled TO slip their anchors
and mRnoeuvre at a disadvantage. The
Paris Soir utters threat that France and
Russia will combine TO put the screws on
England, and saws: 1.-THE Concordance
between the Russian movement in the
Pamirs aud that of France in Siam has
not been sufficiently remarked. 1t may be
mentioned in passing that Russia hides
the nature Of her advance in the Pamirs
by calling it sciensiic expedition"
WASHINGTON, July 24.-So far as the
State Department is informed, there are no
American citizens residing in Siam. except
about score Of missionaries. 1t is not be-
lieved to be necessary to take any special
measures for their protection. The
United States has no diplomatic rep
resentative in Siam, and the consul general
at Bangkok, Mr.. Royal, is in this country
at present, leaving the officers in charge
OF his son, the vice consul II the welfare
of our missionaries should be threatened.
which Is unlikely, they can without doubt
secure protection upon application TO
minister Of some other nation IS will be
the case with the French residents.
LONDON. July 25-The Bangkok cores
poudent Of the Times telegraphs: "The ir-
ritation of the British colony is intense at
the seeming apathy OF the home govern
mentn
PARIS, July 25.-The Ltberte says that
the French gun boats probably will 90
down the river, shell and destroy the PAX
nam forts and then return to their posi-
tions before Bangkog 10 lombard the
palace Some painful measure is neces-
sary, ADDS this journal, for the preservation
of Frances prestige.
The majority of the Paris newspapers
devote as much space to deDunciations Of
England as 10 the u mstter at issue between
France and Siam. England is reproached
by them with supporting the Siamese in
their opposition TO Frances Just demands
and with planning to give the Sianese se-
cret aid when hostilities begin.
The extreme Conservative and Radical
newspapers alone abstain from discussing
the situation. They are holding back so as
to denounce the government Ia case the
Siamese venture proves hZzle.
A dispatch from Rome says that Italy
has asked England TO protect Italian sub
jects in Siam
The Siamese minister in this city has mot
yet received his passports from the French
government Immediately after M
Pavies's departure from Bangkok. how
ever. be will go TO Lisbon or Madrid as he
is accredited 70 Spain and Portugal as we'll
as TO France. The minister still homes for
peaceable settlement Of the trouble.
PARIs. July 24-The Lfberts saws th..
France win ssize aad hold Batism bsng
and Angkor as guarantees that her AZ
mands win be satisfied Besides ~.
blockade, military Operations will hs
opened shortly The details Of these oner@.
tions are still undeternined. They viii