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.

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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.

Lord Dufferin is so well satisfied with his negotiations with M. Develle that he has arranged to return to England soon. Admiral Humann, however, has been instructed to continue cruising off the coast of Siam until the matter has been entirely arranged. In Paris it is declared that Siam, in addition to other guarantees, has been required to undertake to withdraw all its warships from the Mekong.

It is a significant fact that nothing further has been heard of France's claim to the extreme northeast bank of the Mekong, which is occupied by well-drilled Chinese troops.

THE DELIMITATION PROBLEM.

Paris, Aug. 1.—Advices received here from Bangkok show no understanding has been reached in regard to the delimitation of the territory claimed by the French, or at least no knowledge to that effect has reached the Siamese Capital. Neither is it known at Bangkok that the blockade is to be at once raised. On the contrary, dispatches from Bangkok full support the reports current last night, that much uneasiness as to the final outcome is felt in Bangkok and that anxiety is increasing daily.

It is feared an attack will shortly be made on Bangkok unless the French Government sends orders to Vice-Admiral Humann not to attack the city.

 FRENCH COMMERCE ALARMED.

London, Aug. 1—A dispatch from Paris says there are signs of the Government bending before the blast blowing from the boulevards. It is now explained that France has not really accepted Siam's submission to the full demands of the French ultimatum. The submission was only put on record when received from Prince Vadhana, the Siamese Minister to France, and nothing final will be done until M. Leydere de Villers, French Plenipotentiary, now on his way to Siam, has accomplished his mission to Bangkok. His instructions, as to Siam's submission, is to secure guarantees against the renewal of Siamese attacks upon the French, and to ask for special advantages in behalf of the French, in which the financial world is understood to be interested.

SIAM CONCEDES THE GUARANTEES.

Paris, Aug. 1.—The Council of the Ministry was hold to-day. Develle announced that Prince Vadhana had signified Siam's willingness to concede the supplementary guarantees demanded by France. Develle also stated that his interview yesterday with Lord Dufferin was based on the negotiations of 1889, which recognized the principle of the buffer State between the French and British possessions in the East. The question of a neutral zone was reserved for future consideration. The supplementary guarantee demanded by France from Siam, which includes the temporary custody of the river and port of Chantinaut, and that Siam shall not establish military stations in certain named places near the Cambodian frontier or within a certain distance of the Mekong, were continued in a note issued by Develle yesterday and made public to-day.

 INDOCHINA A NEUTRAL ZONE.

London, Aug. 1—ln the Lords to-day Lord Roseberry read the text of the first and supplementary ultimatum sent by France to Siam, and accepted by the latter country. He added: "We have signed an agreement in Paris establishing a neutral zone in Indo-China."