SIAMESE CEDE TERRITORY

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9758, 25 July 1893, Page 2

SIAMESE CEDE TERRITORY

Loxdon, July 24. The Siamese Government has offered to cede the left bank of the Mekong below latitude 18 degrees only, njid has refused the demand fixing the limit at 23 degrees. BLOCKADE OF BANGKOK. The Daily N6ivs states that the French Government has announced the blockade of Bangkok. TYPHOID FEVER IN ENGLAND. Eighty deaths from typhoid^ fever hate occurred at Worthing, in Sussex. The victims are buried at night, and all excursion trains to town are stopped. EVACUATION OF WITU. The British East African Company •Tacuatos Witu on July 31st.- The Otmpany petitions the Government to Way them out of the Coast Zone for «80,000. BEET SUGAR PRODUCTION. Herr Licht, the sugar expert, estimates that the ten months beet production will yield an increase of 8,000 tons. The campaign is expected to be 90,000 tons below last season's yield. HOP CROP. It is estimated that the English hop crop will be one-third below last year's yield. ANOTHER COLLISION. During the naval manoeuvres proceeding off the Irish coast, a torpedo boat, while attempting to cross the bows of a schooner, came into collision with her, and nearly sank. Other casualties are reported. REMISSION OF SENTENCE. Paris, July 2±. The President has remitted a year off Mondiu's sentence, one of the Panama convict?. FRENCH ELECTIONS. The French elections take place on Angust 20. REPLY TO ULTIMATUM. The Siamese reply to the French ultimatum is regarded as unsatisfactory, chiefly with respect to the ce3?ion of territory. FRENCH CONSUL TO LEAVE SIAM. M. Pavre, the French Consul-General in Bangkok, has been instructed to leave the city within twenty-four hours. France has formally notified the Great Powers of the blockade of the Siamese ports. PRESIDENT CARNOT ILL. President Carnot is said to be very ill.