Show THE WRE log lay may have considerable e trouble before THEY CAN SATISFY SIAM SIAN commanders or of the french gunboat gubbo had no instruction instructions to fir fire on the siamese fort forts Loxi LONDON lox july 14 A special from bang kok slam that cje says twenty siamese ware ana killed 7 la 11 fourteen e wounded yesterday during the change exchange of shots between the forts at the mouth of river and enS the ferich gunboats gun boats the french minister informed the siamese arcese government that the commanders of the gunboats comete and inconstanti In inconis constante misunderstood the situation when they fired ed upon the forts and ascended the river their i instruction bontem plated atad no such action the anxiety which pre prevailed throughout the ie city yesterday and last night waa was par illy allayed by the arrival of another brit the announcement was ade ha afternoon that armistice was included concluded and the incident might possibly be explained by france as regrettable reg retable the bangkok correspondent of iho the times arnes saya says last night passed q u netly the I 1 inconstanti In n constante and tome om et dropping down tile stream in to a b better etter anchorage ic horage where they remained today c 1 eared for action neither forts nor gorgun gun b 0 ats at were damaged in the stir skirmish mish yesterday aday but one of the siamese gunboats ran n down a french pilot boat and it is said id aal M pavie ethe the french minis r president informed the sin siamese a gov commanders of the incon ante and comete refused to accept tit the a order der not to enter tho the river I 1 he a slates he is awat awaiting ling I 1 instructions rist ruction 9 from paris asto as to development of the tile extraordinary post lion the siamese warship is 13 ready for action llon and arid 1000 troops are under arm arrus around the palace the tile city la Is I 1 tranquil ati quil but anten intensely sely anxious other french and english gunboats are expected british subjects are awaiting ancko asly the news of steps wit which C n ill nd i s I 1 taking king to prevent the great reatea cal unit mity it of a bomb bombardment of the tie ci city y aarif ria A semi send off lelal note to be bublis published i ton morrow lorro v explains the bangkok incident thus ins pr france ance learning that england and other her nations were sending bendine war vessels to bangkok notified the siamese govern ment ent on july julyeth bill of her intention to incase crease the french naval force at the tile month 0 f the stenan river where only the gun gunboat flout lutin alln a protection to the french residents al dents in accordance with article 15 of the treaty eaty of 1850 11 french men of war have a right put to enter the menan river fiver and anchor off but must give the siamese gov notice to arrange for anchor age ein in case of their intention to ascend the river yer to bangkok As however no other than ian Britis ii vessels have nave entered the river stain having objected to tile cresence a of more than one foreign vessel ranse while reserving the formal treaty rights guta instructed acar t ear admiral humann not at to cross the tile bar barof of the river and id notified the siamese government accordingly the order was received too late te by humann and the gunboats as bended to bangkok |