FRANCE'S EASTERN WAR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4400, 31 July 1893, Page 3

FRANCE'S EASTERN WAR.

• Lord Rosebery'sHew of the j Situation. i No British Interference. ■ Paris, Jul) 27. Two cruisers and two torpedo boats are being addod to the French licet in the gulf of Sum, making li vossels in all. London, July 2G. Lord Rosebery, iu reply to a question in the House of Lords, said tho Government had not been informed oi the date or the extent of the blockade of Bangkok. Ho regretted the necessity, as it would raise a difficult question ofinter-StatoLaw, Great Britain had refused to interfere, lie regretted that the French regarded the presence of British gunboats as an indication of au intention to assist Si«w, whose resistance was hopeless, He had advised that the quarrel should be settled by a compromise, Paris, July 2G. Tho French press continues to goad the Government on to flout England in the matter of Siam. London, July 28, Tho China correspondent of the Standard wires thst tho Chinese have decided to oppose the French advance beyond degree 21, and will charter troopers in the event of an emergency. The Standui'd's Phi is Conespondent telegraphs that the French Foreign Minister has informed the British Ambassador that Franco has assented to a compromise in connection with t the Siatn difficulty, Telegrams from Bangkok state that the blockade on Wednesday, Neutral ships were ordered to leave three days before, Tho blockade embraces the Bay of Bangkok and the ontira coast.