The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-16
BITS OF FOREIGN NEWS
Frances Concession from Siam is not
Much

BITS OF FOREIGN NEWS
Frances Concession from Siam is not
Much.
NJ. Pelletan. the French Minister of Ma
rine made a spirited defense of himself
the other day in the French Chamber
against the various imputation made
against him in connection with his atti-
tude towards submarines. He said il
was true enough that he had deferred the
laying down of boats Of the Laboeuf tpye.
Tor the simple fact that there was no
reason to suppose that the plans of NJ
PIctet might be superior. Costly exper-
iments would be necessary to decide the
point and he purposed to make them
them at the government expense. as it
was utterly unreasonable to suppose that
an inventor Of moderate means could be
for the yarn. that he had allotted to NJ
PIctet room in the Admiralty. where he
could procure access TO all kinds Of secret
drawings, the fact was that he had
given NJ Pictet a room in the building
which belonged indeed to the Ministry
o. Marine but he had not plan OF any
sort of it. VI. Pietet was undoubtedly
a foreigner, but he could see no reason
why France should not benefit by the
ideas of foreigners. just as much as En-
gland and other nations did. With regard
to the suggestion that he was a spy. he
said he thought that it was about time
To put an end to the vague suspicious
with which somebody or other was al
ways striving TO stir up dangerous agita-
tons in France.
NJ De Moutpezat. the French delegate
Council for the Colonies. is Of the opinion
that France has made very bad bargain
i'm the recent convention with Siam. In a
long letter to the Paris press he describes
the territory ceded 10 France as poor and
arid deserts and ahirms that the right
Of Anam and onquin. in the Superior
OF fishing in the great lake. Of which SO
much has been said is OF little or no
value. since the greater part Of the banks
OF the lake already belong to Cambodia,
and the little strip Of territory granted
France in no way modiaes the present
situation With regard TO the CONNER
cal and industrial stipuIauons. 81. de
Montpezat regards them as deceptive. he
cause he is convinced the government Of
Bangkok will take great care not 10
execute public works IN the valley Of
the Mekong. or. If il does. It viii provide
them with its own resources. and avoid
al all cost the creation OF railways des-
tined 10 establish easy intercourse be-
tween Siam and Indo-China. At least the
new treaty ought. he says. TO obviatc for
the future all differences and conflicts
l. -
will. on the contrary multiply the difficult
ties. By the evacuation Of Chantabon ard
the abandonment of the twenty-five kill
ornetres zone. France abo.cates 10 Siam.
whose Hostility towards the French Re
public has been especially marked since
the Anglo French convention % 1876. BY
the treaty France undertook not 20 in
wade certain regions OF Siam. Feeling that
the heart Of the kingdom is ne longer
threatened by France. the imp ldeuee
or the Siamese now knows no bounds
The present IL therefore. according - N
de Montpezat. most tn-chosen time Tor
concessions. He expresses feTvent hope
that the Chambers VIII rerlse 70 ratlfy
the agreement
According 10 the correspondent IN Rome
o. the London Times there IS much quiet
rejoicing in italy over what Is regarded
IS the successful assertion q The coun-
trys right 10 protect Italian Catholics
IN the Levant- The occasion arose DIR
ire the recent pilgrimage 70 Jerusalem
~ g party q Lonbar5isns organized un-
der the direction q Cardinal Ferrarl.
Archbishop Maan. BEFORE reaching
Jerusalem me CARDINAL he'd reception
Tor The Turkish authorities an5 the Con-
suiar Corps in tent surTu8unte5 ~ the
italian flag and afterwards entered Jcr-
usalern o. foot preceded hy The ItsAa1
Eag while hand x the Saieslan f-iars
CRESTED him Win The strains q the Ital-
.su RoysI Nzrch During the religious
ceremonies N TIRE Holy sspulchre the
Italian Consal h~Ia the place Il honor
Al Enuaus during the conservation =
res Franeiscan church. The Fre1ca
Cors-l attempted % rsssserr TIE tradl-
rlcnsI rights q France 20 the rrcsectiga
* Catholics IN tae Lsvsnt bur- later oa-
II q consn1era1rattve feast the stz4zn
Consul declared sikh the express arpreT-
AZ u Cardinal Ferra-f that ths Itz.la1s
gr the Levant Should invoke ID pTptec-
-son bat that Of their ova gag ne
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