Word: siam
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...late the Siamese Official Gazette has been busy with the tribulations of King Rama VI, enlightened monarch of Siam. Some two months ago it announced that he had decided to "demote" Queen Lakshmi because she had not borne him an heir (TIME, Oct. 26). One month ago it chronicled the "promotion" of handsome Chao Chom Suvadena to the rank of Queen, adding that a royal birth, the first in Siam for 32 years, was shortly expected (TIME, Nov. 16). Last week it deplored amid bitter lamentations a swift two-edged blow of fate...
Among more enlightened critics of Siamese affairs it was recalled that King Rama has instituted numerous Western reforms (commercial, political, legal, hygienic) throughout Siam. His most picturesque innovation was perhaps the creation of a fantastic offshoot of the Boy Scout movement. For a time almost every Siamese noble was a "Chief Scout," wore a resplendent uniform not elsewhere associated with the movement, and supported a retinue of "Boy Scout guards...
Died. King Rama VI of Siam, 44; at Bangkok (see SIAM...
Rama VI, King of Siam, having issued a decree "demoting" his childless Queen (TIME, Oct. 26), blazoned another edict in the Siamese Official Gazette last week, and "promoted" handsome Chao Chom Suvadena to that rank...
...idea was as Western as soap or bathrooms. Reno, Paris, the divorce mills of the Oocident are but crude counterparts of the gentle Eastern system of demotion. Many men would appreciate the opportunity of getting rid of their wives by the smooth working machinery used by His Highness of Siam. With judicious advertising, Bankok could become the demotion capital of the world...