FRANCE AND SIAM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9269, 3 August 1893, Page 5

FRANCE AND SIAM.

FRESH DEMANDS.

ALARM AT BANGKOK.

AN ATTACK ON THE CAPITAL

FEARED.

CONTRADICTORY ORDERS,

Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.—

Parts, August!. Admiral Humann is demanding the cession of Port Chantabrin as a guarantee. Much alarm is said to be felt in Bangkok in consequence. It is officially stated that Siam lias agreed to give the guarantee demanded by France.

London, August l.

The Daily News' correspondent at Bangkok says that Admiral Humanu has issued an order for a fresh blockhde, and has ordered the British ships Pallas and Swift to withdraw. It is feared that the French intend to attack Bangkok, and to hold it as guarantee. The Standard's Paris correspondent says that Lord Dufterin and M. Develle have signed a protocol settling the differences over the Siamese boundaries and arranging for a neutral zone. Lord Dufferin returns to England to-mor-row.

The Paris papers confirm tho statement in the Standard as to the settlement, but the Bangkok correspondent of the Times, wiring to-day, says that it is feared the French Admiral is acting on divergent orders. Sir E. Grey, when questioned in the House of Commons, said the Government had not received confirmation of the report of the blockade being raised, but he declined to enter into details.

LATER.

THE BLOCKADE RAISED.

TERMS OF SETTLEMENT.

Paris, August 1. Jt is ollicially announced that the blockade at Siam has been raised.

The concessions made by Siam include half of Luang Prabang on the Mekhong, but no islands in the Gulf of Siam.

No .Siamese forces are to be maintained at Battombang, nor are any warships to be kept on the Great Lake or on the Mekhong.