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succeeded by his younger half-brother, Maha Mongkut,
who assumed the title of P'ra Chom Klao, and is now
known as King Rama IV.
Rama IV was a very remarkable man. He spoke
and wrote it with a charm of
English fluently great
and in some he held to old
style, though respects firmly
fashions and traditions, in all important matters he was
on the side of
always progress.
In the second and
1852 Anglo-Burmese war broke out,
resulted in the annexation of Pegu and all southern
Burma by Great Britain. Siam remained neutral, but
later on became involved in the
tangled intrigues
between Burma and the Shan State of Kengtung (now
in Chinese as a result of which Siamese
territory),
armies twice invaded the State of Kengtung, namely
in and in Neither invasion was
1852 1853. entirely
successful.
In Sir visited and con-
1855 John Bowring Bangkok
cluded a Treaty between Siam and Great Britain, parts of
which are still in force. The features of this
principal
and of a the
Treaty, supplementary Agreement signed
were the establishment of Consular
following year,
Jurisdiction, the restriction of residence for British
and the limitation of the duties. British
subjects, import
Consular Jurisdiction was practically abolished in
northern Siam by the Treaty of 1883, and in
the rest of .the Kingdom by that of 1909, since
which British full residential
year subjects enjoy
rights.
Similar Treaties were later entered into with most
other foreign Powers, the last one, with Japan, being
as late as
signed 1898.
In 1867 Cambodia, which had been tributary to Siam
for several hundred became a French
years, Protectorate,