THE WAR IN SIAM.

New Zealand Times, Volume LV, Issue 9967, 31 July 1893, Page 2

THE WAR IN SIAM.

By Electing Telegraph,—Copyright.

SpnESS ASSOCIATION.) London, July 28

Tho China correspond- 11b of the Standard wires that the Chinese have decided to oppose the French advance beyond degree 21, and will charier troopers in the event of an emergency. The Standard’s Paris correspondent telegraphs that the French Foreign Minister has informed the British Ambassador that France has assented to a compromise in connection with the Siam difficulty. Telegrams from Bangkok state that the blockade began on Wednesday. Neutral ships were ordered to leave three days before. The' blockade embraces the Bay of Bangkok arid the entire coast. LATER. FRENCH ULTURATUaj ACCEPTED. (Repeived July 30, 0.30 p m.) London, July 29. In the House of Commons to-day Sir B. Grey stated that the Crown lay/ officers were enquiring into tho legality of the French blockade in Siam. Ho said there was great perplexity as to the actual date of the blockade. The French Foreign Minister had informed the British Ambassador in Paris that it would begin on the 31st, while the British Minister in Bangkok had wired that it began on Wednesday last.

Siam has accepted tho French ultimftttjm in its entirety, and France accepts the reply ; leaving the provinces in the Upper Mekbpg,'which England ceded to Siam, subject to separate negotiations between France and England.