Western Mail, Saturday 29 July 1893: FOREIGN TELEGRAMS

Western Mail (Perth, WA: 1885 - 1954) Saturday 29 July 1893

FOREIGN  TELEGRAMS.

London, July 20.

China is preparing to back Siam in her dispute with France, and is disposed to render her  material assistance.

La Figaro publishes an interview with Sir Charles Dilke on the Franco Siamese question.  Sir Charles stated, in reply to his interviewer, that he fore-saw no difficulty between France and Great Britain in regard to Siam, unless the annexation of Siam were attempted by France. He feared, however, that the Newfoundland  fisheries question would give rise to grave complications.

Mr. George Curson, Parliamentary Secretary to the India Office in Lord Salisbury's last Administration, has written a letter to the Times on the Siamese question. He says that if the claim of France to the entire left bank of the Mekong River is allowed it will deprive Siam of half her territory and place the French on the Upper Mekong  into junta-position with the British protected Shan States. 

He insists also that France cannot thus be allowed to close the door to British trade with South-western China.

The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 February 1904: FRANCO-SIAMESE TREATY

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Monday15 February 1904

FRANCO-SIAMESE TREATY.

SIAM YIELDS.

LONDON, Feb. 14.

Siam has granted the concessions demanded by M. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, at the instigation of  the colonial party in France.

France will not evacuate Chantabun until she assumes possession of Kra.  The treaty has been signed.

Los Angeles Herald, 27July 1893: SIAM'S HELPLESS SITUATION

Los Angeles Herald, Volume 40, Number 107, 27 July 1893

SIAM'S HELPLESS SITUATION.

She Finds It Impossible to Satisfy France.

Everything 1 Possible Done to Meet the French Demands.

China Protests against the Proposed Confiscation of Chinese Territory, The French Flag; Raised on Siamese Islands.

By the Associated Press.

Bangkok, July 26.—The French minister, prior to his departure, had a final interview with Devawongsee,the Siamese foreign minister, who said his government was astonished that France considered Slam's reply as a refusal to comply with the ultimatum. It was impossible, he said, to accept definitely an indefinite proposal.

 France never had defined her right in Anam and Cambodia, but the king, earnestly desiring peace and a speedy settlement of the whole case, had declared his readiness to abandon in Anam and Cambodia all the posts attached, as well as the territory near them, including Stungtreng and Khong, although these places were admitted to be Siamese.

The Record Union, 2 August 1893: FRANCO-SIAMESE TROUBLES

Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 85, Number 139, 2 August 1893

FRANCO-SIAMESE TROUBLES.

 Indications That They Will Soon be Peacefully Settled.

PROBABILITY THAT THE BLOCKADE WILL AT ONCE BE RAISED.

 The Revolution in the Provinces of Buenos Ayres, San Luis and Santa Fe, In the Argentine, Continue, the insurgents having Taken Many Townd—The American Yacht Navahoe Easily Wins a Race in the Southampton Regatta.

Special to the Reccord-Union

Paris, Aug. 1. —The Siamese Minister informed the Government to-day that Siam is prepared to give supplementary guarantee required by France for the fulfillment of the terms of the ultimatum, pending the final settlement of the questions involved. The blockade is still in force.

PEACEFULLY SETTLED,

London, Aug. 1—Despite certain alarmist telegrams from Bangkok, the opinion here and in the best-informed quarters at Paris is that the whole question will now be settled peacefully.

 Lord Dufferin, British Embassador to France, is understood to have received assurance that the blockade will be immediately raised and the provinces of Ankor and Battambong will not be occupied by the French troops.

The Record Union, 22 July 1893: FRANCO-SIAMESE TROUBLE.

SacramentoDaily Union, Volume 85, Number 130, 22 July 1893

FRANCO-SIAMESE TROUBLE.

Great Britain Will Not Remain Idle in the Event of War.

CURIOSITY OVER DISPATCHES SENT TO HER WARSHIPS.

A London Journal’s Correspondent at Bangkok Claims That the French Demands are for Nothing Short of the Rule of Slam-That They are in Reality Directed Against England.

Special to the Record-Union.

London, July 21.—While there has been nothing of an official nature to justify such opinion, it seems to be the general belief that England will not remain a quiet spectator in the event of France making war upon the Government of Siam.

The announcement of China's intention to furnish aid to its neighbor, and of Russia's alleged avowal to render naval assistance to France, have added fresh complications to the trouble, and the probability of a great war, involving some of the most powerful nations of the world, is being discussed on all sides.

Curiosity as to the nature of the dispatches sent by the Admiralty ;to Vice-Admiral Freemantle, Commander-in Chief of the Chinese Division, has been aroused to a high pitch, but of course nothing of the facts have leaked out, and any statements concerning the instructions are naturally based upon surmise pure and simple.

The Record Union, 18 July 1893: FRENCH AND SIAMESE

Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 85, Number 126, 18 July 1893

FRENCH AND SIAMESE.

Battle in Which the Latter Were Repulsed With Heavy Loss.

PROSPECTS OP PEACE IN MEKONG VALLEY VERY POOR

French Marines Attack and Capture the Forts at Donthane and Tappan, on the Upper Mekong—French Merchant man Seized by Siamese at the Mouth of the Menam River and Sunk to Blockade the Channel.

Special to the Record-Union.

Paris, July 17.—M. Delanessan. Governor-General of French Indo-China, telegraphs the Foreign Office that a detachment of Siamese troops attacked the reconnoitering force of the Anamite militia on July 5th at Anake. The Siamese were repulsed with great loss. One Anamite was killed. People everywhere in the Laos district, which lies to the northward of Siam proper, are, according to the dispatch, siding with the French.

FRENCH MERCHANTMAN SEIZED

 Saigon, July 17.—The troubles between the French and Siamese on the Mekong river continue. The French marines have attacked and captured the forts at Donthane and Tappan, on the upper Mekong. The French lost six killed and several wounded. The Siamese loss was heavy.

 The French merchantman Jean Say has been seized by the Siamese at the mouth of the Menam river and sunk to block the channel. The crew was badly treated and thrown into prison at Bangkok.

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From Punch, or the London Charivari  Magazine, Volume 105, August 5th 1893 edited by Sir Francis Burnand

An Old Fable with a New Setting.

A little lamb lived by a flowing stream.

A great temptation, when the heat was torrid,

To thirsty souls that water's limpid gleam.

At least so thought a Wolf, of aspect horrid,

Who, having for some time abstained and fasted,

Desired to learn how lamb—and water—tasted.

He felt with pinching want his paunch was pining,

Early he'd lunched, so longed the more for dining.

A Cochin China rooster, lank and thin,

Or something indigestible from Tonquin,

For a big, sharp-set Wolf, are snacks, not meals;

So down the sparkling river Lupus steals.