Show W allu AR IS D ENLA arin REDe coast to k blockaded TRE THE MINISTER LEAVES LF A VES lie he requests Reau ests an escort dov the ane river biver eue 1 I inflammatory ik K july 24 nl pavie french minister resident Re has lowered the rag flag over his and has notified the siamese government that he will leave the city to go aboard the french war chip int oua tante on oa wednesday Wedes day ile he ha haa s requested the me eo go to provide pilots to the Luti JiU tiu ul and compte down the river the french subjects subject a in bangkok Banu liok will be placed under the of the dutch jon con bul WILI BLOCKADE TUB COAST PARIS july 24 TLC the govern government men this after afternoon Loon it the powars pow ra of its ita intention to blockade the siamese cast without prejudice to other measures mea aurea to secure the guarantees to which france is ia entitled arrangement are ben bens made with knothe tn othe government for tha protection of the french subject subjects a during the absence of the french minister from bang bane kok liberta a newspaper says france milt and hold bold Battam bang and ai guarantees that tier her do de mands manda wilt will be satisfied the french gao guri boits botts probably will wili go down the river and destroy the pak nam forts and then return to their positions sitione before bangkok to bombard the place some soma painful measures are necessary adds this journal 11 for the pres prea i erya tion of frances prestige temps says the rhe beginning of the blockade will wil I 1 be deferred till thursday or friday frida y to on a ba b france to tike take the estepa pre d b law besides the bloc a military oper opar adious will be opened shortly A majority of the parisian newspapers devote as aa much space to denunciation of england as aa to the matter at issue TUB T HE LION ROARS BOARS LONDO liOS DOf 4 july 24 the franco siam ese complications were tha one absorbing topic in the lobbies of the commons today to day the situation ai u regarded with apprehension by all parties and regret is expressed that the british warship in siamese waters were not reinforced a mouth month ago as the british interests in slam siam outnumber the french a hundred to one tais afternoon a counsel of ministers was held ane london morning papers again have doniz lon editorials on the siamese af fair in line with those of yesterday the standard boldly baldly says the terms france is trying to impose on siam are indefensible in any court of internal in terna dional morality it is ia lord ys duty to tell france franca wainly that she Is is pledged to respect tile the independence e of this adaller din aller stata the papers generally comment in a hall igent strain on the french proceed ings in siam biam declare that they really ahmat aim at great areat britain and m be sey arely chocked checked |