Word: prajadhipok
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Your footnote, "When Siamese King Prajadhipok journeyed to the U. S. to have a cataract scraped from his eyes. . . ." (TIME, March 6) makes it apparent that you share with many others the erroneous idea that a cataract is a "growth over the eye," and that the way to remove it is to "scrape...
...When Siamese King Prajadhipok journeyed to the U. S. to have a cataract scraped from his eyes he was sumptuously feted en route by Japanese Emperor Hirohito (TIME, April...
Though many of Siam's merriest cocktails are quaffed in the rambling palace of big, fun-making Prince Svasti, His Highness can be serious-as befits the father-in-law of the King. In grim earnest last week Prince Svasti discussed the situation facing Siam since diminutive King Prajadhipok staved off a revolution by abdicating as an "absolute sovereign," and, as "constitutional monarch," submitted to de facto rule of Siam by a group of Army officers...
Next day up spoke steely-eyed Lyang Pradin, 32-year-old leader of Siam's Group Dictatorship: "Despite reports that King Prajadhipok will refuse to accept the Constitution we feel certain that His Majesty will agree. What else can he do? ... During a ten year transition period we plan, by education and improvement of the position of the masses, to prepare the people for self-government. If England and France leave us alone we will build a new and beautiful country...
...King and members of the new Administration," said a spokesman for His Majesty, "have completely won each other's confidence. It is not too much to say that King Prajadhipok is delighted...