FRANCE AND SIAM

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6740, 2 August 1893, Page 2

FRANCE AND SIAM

Bangkok, July 31. M. Pavie, French Consul-General, who withdrew during the height of the dispute, has returned here. August 1. — Franco demands that the Siamese shall evacuate Changladong and south bank at Bangkok, alao that Siam shall keep no warship in the Meksng. Seven additional French warships have arrived off Kosichang. London, Aug. 1. The Standard's Paris correspondent says that Lord Dufferin and M. Develle have signed a protocal, settling the differences over the Siamese boundaries and arranging for a neutral zene. Lord Dufferm returns to England to-morrow. The Daily News correspondent afe Bangkok says that Admiral Human has issued an order for a fresh blockade and ordered the Pallas and Swift to withdraw. Ifc is feared the French intend to attack Bangkok and hold it as a guarantee. Sir E. Gray, when questioned in the House of Commons, said the Government had not received any confirmation of the report that the blockade was raised, bat he declined to enter into detail. The Paris papers confirm the statement in the Standard as to fche settlement, bub the Bangkok correspondent of the Times, wiring to-day, saya ib ia feared that the French. Admiral ia acting on divergent ! orders. Paris, Aug. 1. Ib is officially stated that Siam has agreed to give the guarantees demanded by France.