FRANCE AND SIAM.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8544, 26 July 1893, Page 5

FRANCE AND SIAM.

THE BLOCKADE OF BANGKOK FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS. fttu A*»o<u»Uoa—Elocirio Teiocnpa—CopyngßL Paris, July 24. The Siamese reply to the French ultimatum is regarded as unsatisfactory chiefly with respect to the oesjion of the territory. M. Pavie, the French Consul-General in Bangkok, has been instructed to leave the city within tweuty-four hours. The French Press declare that England baa influenced the attitude adopted by Smui, aud express surprise that the French cannon are not thundering in $iam before this. France has notified the Great Powers of the blockade of Siamese ports. President) Car not is ill. July 25. The French Minister loaves Bangkok on Wednesday, and the blockade will b« rigorously euforced uexo day. The Government are sending reinforcements to enable the country to be occupied and additional warships. It Iβ expected that tho forts will be destroyed and tho palace shelled. The Siamese Miuister is leaving Paris. Lord Dufferin had a friendly interview wif.h M. Deville, who intimated that France would not allow a third party to interfere in her quarrel with biftin. London, July 25. The French subjects ia Bangkok have been placed uudar the protection ©J the Dutch Consul. M. Pavie, the French Minister, asked for pilots to take the gun boats ouc of the river. They are euspected of lingering, uuder the pretenoa of waiting for tho monsoon, in order to enable the Triomphant and the rest of the Asiatic squadron to arrive. The second detachment) of the Foreign Legion has been despatched to the East by the French Government.

The Pall Mall Gazette warns France that the English gunboats in the Menam are able to blow hers out) of the water.

The Siamese Government have 12,000 armed men iv Bangkok.

It is believed France intends to Occupy Battambong and Angko. The i/ronch Press urge that the King's palace should be shelled.

The British residents in Bangkok •re iuteusoly irritated at the seeming gptthy of tho Imperial Government. St. Petersburg, July 24.

The GoverumeuD are urging the Siamese Government to cede to Kussia the 111 and of Juukseyelon, situated'at the north-weab extremity of the Malay Peninsula for the establishment of a naval depot. Berlin, July 25. The Tageblatt says the more troubles F»ao9 briugs upon herself abroad, the more it is to the advantage of Germany.