28 JULY 1917, Page 2

Siam has of her own aecord joined the Allies and

declared war on Germany and Austria. She has enforced" her probed against`

their inhumanity and disregard of small States by arresting the many—enemy refugees and spies in hlam andaseizing nine enemy Ships that had sheltered in Siamese ports. -Siam' though a small omintry,- has a valuable trade fromesidich the Geennans will now be excluded. We attach more importance, however, to the moral effect of her action on the,enenay. Germany- will soon have no friends left in the wide world, and, for all their boastfulness, the Germans hate to be treated as lepers.