FRANCE'S EASTERN WAR. BOTH SIDES PREPARING FOR THE WORST.
GREAT BRITAIN GRADUALLY BEIKG DRAWN IN. ANGLO - FRENCH RELATIONS STRAINED. lUNITKD PBXSB ASSOCIATION.! London, 24th July. The Siamese Government has offered to cede the loft bank of the Mekong below latitude 18 only, and has refused the demand fixing the limit tit the 23rd degree. Ham will within a month evacuate the region ceded. The King declares that he only submits to the pressure of oirenmstances, and that ho offered to go to arbitration fire months ago, and appoint a mixed commission to discuss the amonnt of damago inflicted on the French. Ho adds an expression of regret for the losses the French have undergone. The Daily Tolegraph'a correspondent says tho French Minis rer will leave Bangkok, rojrarding tho reply as unsatisfactory. France refuted to extend the time for receiving an answer, in ordnr to prevent Siam noffotiatin? with Groat Britain. It is believed tho .-iamese hoped that tho coal would be exhausted on board the French gunboats. Tho Siamese warships are crowded with men ready to ram and board the French ships in tho event of hostilities taking a moro pronounced aspect, and soldiers aro alongside to assist the sailors A Gorman gunboat has arrived. The Daily News states that the French Government has announced a blockade of Bangkok. [«PECIAL.] London, 24th July. The Now York Herald's correspondent in the East eaya that, if required, the Australian fleet will bo asked to assist tho British squadron in Siamese waters. The Siamese vessels are aimed with quickfiring guns, while the French have gnns of the old pattern. The latter are anchored in the rivor a mile apart. Lo Temps, tho Paris paper, calls on the Government to reject the Siamese offer. Other French papers allege that England in plotting to Eccure the control of the tipper Mekong. Diplomatic relations between France and Great Britain are highly strained over the action taken by Franco in this matter. Tho Timos thinks the country may trust Lord Rosebory.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVI, Issue 21, 25 July 1893, Page 2
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334FRANCE'S EASTERN WAR. BOTH SIDES PREPARING FOR THE WORST. Evening Post, Volume XLVI, Issue 21, 25 July 1893, Page 2
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