BRITISH PERPLEXITY.
SIAM ACCEPTS THE FRENCH OTVFT MATUM. x " Received July 31, 1 a.m. LOHDON, July 29. In the House of Commons to-day, Sir S, Grey stated the Crown law officers were enquiring into the legality of the French blockade m Siem. He said there was great perplexity as to the actual data oi the blockade. The French Foreign Minister had informed the British Ambassador m Paris that it would begin on tbs 31st, -while the British Minister m Bangkok had wiredthat it began on Wednesday last. Siam has accepted the French ultimatum m its entirety, au<l France accepts the reply, Rearing the provinces m Upper • Mekong, which England ceded to Siam,- --; subject to separate negotiations between France and England,
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXIX, Issue 187, 31 July 1893, Page 2
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120BRITISH PERPLEXITY. Marlborough Express, Volume XXIX, Issue 187, 31 July 1893, Page 2
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