Международная научная конференция ЮВА в СПбГУ-65

Международная научная конференция, посвященная 65-й годовщине начала изучения языков ЮВА в нашей стране Behavioral Manner of Political Subjects in The Southeastern Asian Region... 361 1824. Immediately after coming to power (August 1824), Rama III immediately sent three troops to the Burmese-Siam border, surveying British military activities to wait for the opportunity. In 1825, he sent an embassy to Siam for reinforcements. King Rama III immediately agreed to help Britain to fight Burma, but did not coordinate with the British troops but independently entered the Burmese territory. In the face of strong British and Siamese attacks, the Burmese king had to proclaim his surrender and sign the 10-point inequality treaty with Britain. What is special in this treaty is that it was clearly stated that “ the Siamese king, a very honest ally of England, would enjoy many benefits .”[9] Thus, thanks to the clever participation in the war, Siam has contributed to destroying Burma — its long-time rival, not falling into British conspiracy, on the contrary, being divided and becoming allies with Britain in the Anglo-Burmese war. Behavioral manner of “leaning on the wind” before a strong opponent of Siam solved the urgent security and political issues of Siam at that time. At the same time Siam gained the benefit of rare opportunities by taking advantage of military clashes between the parties. The case of Vietnam is another type of alliance, which is the representative of the groups between Nguyen Anh and Ba Da Loc in assistance to help Nguyen Anh gain some advantages in military activities. The alliance was specified in The Treaty of Versailles (1787)[10] — officially marking the binding relationship between the governments of Louis XVI and Nguyen Anh. Later, under the Treaty of Versailles, France thought that they had a legal basis to claim its interests in Vietnam reasonably. In fact, the bona fide military assistance activities of Bishop Ba Da Loc are not the official assistance of the French government, but rather the voluntary action of a group of people following individual mobilization of the bishop. Some French officers and soldiers have made certain contributions to Nguyen Anh’s succession such as Dayot (Mr. Tri), Philippe Vannier (Mr. Chan), Chaigneau (Mr. Thang)... Assessing contribution by the French, D. Hall said, “ the help of the French volunteer army was of great value to the Nguyen cause. Some of these men had a great role in helping train and