Foreign.
The President of the United States will not take the revision of the tariff in hand till next year. The French have prohibited the Siamese from receiving the assistance of foreign legal advisers during the progress of the negotiations in connection with the recent trouble.
The French demands are said to exceed the contents of the ultimatum.
Four French warships have arrived at Kohsamit to assist in enforcing the French claims in Siam. France demands the discharge of the Danish officers in the Siamese service.
King Lobengula, of Matabelelund, has sent fimher defiant letters to Sir H. Loch and Mr Cecil Rhodes. The King is said to be greatly enraged, and declines the monthly subsidy, or to treat with the British South Africa Chartered Company regarding compensation until the Mashonas have surrendered.
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Manawatu Herald, 29 August 1893, Page 2
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133Foreign. Manawatu Herald, 29 August 1893, Page 2
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