The following circular was issued at! Sui-gon by the Lieutenant Governor of Cuchin-China and is published. in the' Progress of the. 13d i Ge gonif Alarming rumours have: been in cireuation during the lust few days regarding an attack amd to have beensmade on two posts on the Upper Meikong. The fret is th we have not received news from Kliene for three days, but the situation at Stungtreng is satisfactory. Lo othe hand, according to the reports of two Laotian boatmen, now at Stungtreng, Captain Thoreux, who was going up from Srungtreng to Kliene with three junks conveying provisions, escorted by three tirailleurs, was captured together with the by a certain number of individuals the two boatmen state were Sinmese, Anu measure of prudence and in order t" be-prepared for every eventuality, reinforcements have been sent to Pnom-Penh for despatch to any points that nay be Some uneasiness seems to have been felt as to the safety ut the gunbunt Lutin, which had be to Bangkok with M. Pavie on beard, presumably on " diplomatic mission, "Che Progress, however, pints out that there were two other foreign men-of-war at Bangkuk, one Eng'ish and the other German (sic), and argues that they would stand by the Zutin.—Daily Press.
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