SIAM.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1118, 4 August 1893, Page 20

SIAM.

Br Bi.eotrio Telegraph.—Copyright,

BLOCKADE OF BANGKOK RAISED

(PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, August 1,

The Standard’s Paris correspondent says that Lord Dufferin 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 tomorrow.

The Daily News correspondent at Bangkok says that Admiral Humann has issued orders for a fresh blockade, and ordered H.M.SS. Pallas and Swift to withdraw.

It is feared that the French intend to attack Bangkok, and hold it as a guarantee.

Sir Edward Grey, when questioned in the House of Commons, said the Government had not received a confirmation of the report that the blockade had been raised, but he declined to enter into details.

The Paris newspapers confirm the statement in the Standard as to the settlement, but the Bangkok correspondent of The Times, wiring to-day, says it is feared the French Admiral is acting on divergent orders. Paris, August 1.

It is officially stated that Siam has agreed to give the guarantees demanded by France. Admiral Humann is demanding the cession of the port of Chontabun, as a guarantee. Much alarm is said to be felt in Bangkok in consequence. It is officially announced that the blockade of Siam is raised.

The concessions made by Siam include half of Luang Prabang on the Mekong, but no islands in the Gulf of Siam. No Siamese forces are to be maintained at Battambong, nor are any warships to be kept on the Great Lake on the Mekong.