THE SIAMESE QUESTION.
FRENCH BLUSTER. (Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) , (Per Press Association.) (Received 10.50 p.m. t July 25th.) Paris, July 24. The Siamese reply to the French ultimatim is regarded as unsatisfactory, chiefly with respect to the cession of territory in Pavie. The French Consul-General in Bangkok has been instructed to leave the city within 24 hours. The French Press declares that England has influenced the attitude adopted by Siam, and expresses surprise that French cannon are not thundering in Siam before this. France has formally notified the Great Powers of the blockade of the Siamese ports. President Carnot is ill. St. Petersburg, July 24. The Government are urging the Siamese Government to cede to Russia the island of Junk Seyelon, situated off the north-west extremity of the Malay Peninsula, for the establishment of a naval depot.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 7270, 25 July 1893, Page 3
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