FRANCE AND SIAM.
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Paris, July 20
Sir Charles Dilke, in an interview with a representative of La Figaro , said be foresaw no difficulty with respect to Siam, unless France attempted annexation. Speaking of the dispute in Newfoundland he said therti was great cause for anxiety.
Hong Koko, J uly 20. The general opinion is that China is disposed to help Siam.
London, July 19.
Viscount Curzon ia a letter to the Times, states that if Prance claims the entire left bank of the Mekong, it will deprive Siam of half of her territory, and be the means of placing the French in the upper Mekong in juxtaposition with the British-protected Shan States. The Times insists that France cannot thus be allowed to close the door to British trade in South-Western China.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 7267, 21 July 1893, Page 3
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