ملف ٣٩٣٩/١٩٢٦ الجزء ٢ "المنشورات: تنقيح أقسام بوتان وكاشغر ونيبال وسيام والتبت في معاهدات أيتشيسون." [و‎‎١‎٩‎١] (٥٢٤/١٦٩)

PART V.
Treaties and Engagements
relating to
Siam.
T HE diplomatic relations of the British Government with Siam may,
be said to have commenced with Hr. John Crawfurd s mission in
X821 the chief object of which was to procure an unrestricted trade with
Siam, but his negotiations were unsuccessful.
In 1826 a Treaty (No. I) was negotiated by Captain Burney,
chiefly with the view of preventing the Siamese from co-operating with
the Burmese during the first Burmese war; in which the British Govern-
ment was then engaged, and of providing for the peace of the Malayan
Peninsula then disturbed in consequence of the occupation of Kedah y
the Siamese. Besides the above Treaty, Captain Burney effected a Com-
mercial Agreement (No. II) with Siam. The provisions of this en
gagement were systematically violated by the Siamese and as the 6th
article placed British subjects under Siamese laws, its abrogation was in
dispensable.
The dependencies of Siam in the Malayan Peninsula were Kedah
Lieor IWenuf K/lantan, Patani and Junkceylon or Puket. In 1831,
after theB^Hf Ligor had defeated the ex-Baja of Kedah m an attempt
to recover his country, the Eesident of Penang visited him at Kedah and
concluded an Engagement (No. Ill) regarding the boundariesofPr^
yince Wellesley, in conformity with the 3rd Article of the y
In 1850 Sir James Brooke was deputed to Siam armed with P'® nl P°
tentiary powers from Her Majesty Queen Victoria, but his efiorts to con
clude a satisfactory treaty were unsuccessful. Five years a er ’
a Treaty (No. IV) of friendship and commerce between Her Majesty
and the'Kings of Siam was negotiated by Sir John Bowring In 1856
Mr Parkes conveyed to Siam the ratification of the treaty by the Queen
when an Agreement (No. V) was made with Siamese commissioners
give effect to the treaty and to define its intentions,