The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-01
THE TROUBLE IN SIAM.
fHr FRFNCH sQuADRoN BEIN-
gOHrED ~ SETEN 0UN-BoArS.
Al eau Numbers Thirteen Vessels Gr.a,
Inrsfiusss Among the Residents
of That Country.

LoN0HN Jolly 90 The STANDARD go
..i thc following dispatch from
al. ..resp sponlcnts
.... fa he representation made TO
.e he foreign minister. bv Lord
n fnD British ambassador 70
LID. ihe question Of neutral zone
t.tre.a che French possessions IN the
san.e Ien'nsular and British Burmah
cd me shan states has been settled
saleae.orly. II has been agreed that
ts French blockade Of the siamess coast
a.. Dee raised Immediately"
30 c1udrmatlon OF the statement has
b.n received up TO a late hour tonight
LONDON. July 8l.-A dispatch 10 the
Central News from Bangkok dated to-
d.y 90 10 III. says.
.Ilc uneasiness among the people here.
far from lessening, is Increasing. Seven
n-e French gun-boats have arrived AT
Kal.Sl-Chang. making a total OF thirteen
aoe here. The intentions OF the French
are awaited with fear and apprehension
Rear-Admral Human. commanding the
French squadron. has issued a second
blockade notice 90 take effect three days
f-3m Saturday. lie will order British
r,rships Palas and Swift, now lying Of
BANGKOK 10 90 outside the blockade
limits M. paiye, the French minister
resident. has gone 10 Saigon, and Rear
Admiral HCmann rs under direct ord ers
from Paris. Unless the French Govern
meat interposes quickly an attack On
Bangkok seems certain. The trading COM
nudity IS surprised that Human is still
allowed "a free hand"
LONDON. July 3i-The Paris CORES
81 has been learned that France demands
as security from Siam that the terms OF
TIE ulfimatum will be carried OUT the
.muorary custody of ChantabOOn. at or
rear the Gulf Of Siam. also that Slam
slau establish no military stations at
certain named places near the frontier
Of Cambodia. or within a certain distance
= the Mekong river.
LONpON. July 31.-Replying I'm the
House OF Commons to-day 10 a question
3D. sked by the Hon. George CuresOn Con
f.rvative). Sir Edward Grey. Parliamen-
tary secretary OF the foreign office, said
that he was unable 10 give exact infOrml-
fon regarding the blockade OF the Sia-
m.se coast and the occupation OF the
several islands by the French. II was I'M
u.rstO0d however. that the occupation
of the islands was only temporary being
Iu some way connected with the block
aiirg operations. II did not appear that
auv British vessels had been seized by
the French. The information at hand
showed that two or three British vessels
had been stopped under a misapprehan-
LONDON. August 1.-The Daily News
SIS. "The latest news from Bangkok
very serious. Siam, having accepted
Che French terms. Frances persistence In
.lorcive measures viii be equivalent to
.n unprovokcd declaration of war. n
not an open demand for the CessiOn OF
SIAM The British Foreign Office has
never been in "a better or frmer hand
than now. We have no desire 10 attack |
Nance iuf while Lord ROsebury made |
un his mind from the first not 10 assist /
or encourage the Siamese. he was equally |
determined. with the fun approval Of his |
colleagues 90 protect the commercial |
r..Nf. NJ DTS own countrymen. He dis /
rr.tv warned France that British yes
could not De stopped under "a block
.I. HrnWf1Iv pacific in character. IL rs |
quite impossible for Great Britain 20 |
draw tho ships she sent 20 Bangkok |
protective purposes. We cannot be
.Gs.i ~ exciting public feeling against
Hn.e but moderation is one thing.
hness another"
LONDON. Aug. 1.-The Posts Paris
..rssp0nlcrt says. "A lengthy interview
. Monday morning between NJ Develle
.rI Lord pu0erin resulted I'm a friendly
r-0'e. permitting Siam 10 be maintained
buffer between the British and the
.oh possessions. France aband0ns the
rIef parts 90 which England lays claim
having formed part of Burmah pre-
Ius 90 Thebaw's overthrow. England
.rees 10 the necessity OF am accurate
liustmcut Of the Slamcse frontier in re-
alton % TonQuin and AMMAN. The en-
a. D.. N.af al Tlfa a.. !
n probably return 90 England on Tues
.r Or "Wednesday