Office of the Historian

Mr. Boyd to Mr. Gresham.

Legation of the United States,
Bangkok, July 27, 1893. (Received September 7.)
No. 69.]

Sir: I have the honor to report that all vessels now lying in port have been given notice by the various consuls to leave to-day, or else be prepared for a blockade, which the French are supposed to establish to-day. The different ports, such as Singapore and Hongkong, have also been notified in regard to it.

This may be the last dispatch I will be able to get off for some time, as, of course, if the blockade is established there is no telling how long it will last.

I have, etc.,

Robert M. Boyd,
Vice-Consul-General.