Word: svasti
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Prince Svasti, 70, onetime Siamese Minister of Justice, later Lord Chief Justice, son of the late King Mongkut, brother of the late King Chulalongkorn, father-in-law of ex-King Prajadhipok; in Penang, Straits Settlements...
...college, taking particular interest in economics. His presence caused Princeton little excitement. Only a few years before (Class of 1923) Princeton had had a Siamese-popular little Boon Pitrachat, who won his letter playing soccer. And even Siamese princes are not rare in the U. S.: Prince Swasti Pradish Svasti graduated from West Point; Prince Nondiyavat Svasti from Georgetown last June; Prince Tong Ti Kayou went to San Francisco in 1928 to attend high school and learn baseball; Prince Arjuna Svasti to Yale in 1930; Prince Chukratong Tong-Vai is now studying entomology at Cornell; Prince Debriddhi Devakul is studying...
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...
Mournfully over a long drink Prince Svasti said: "The King agreed to the present temporary constitution, which makes him a puppet, solely to prevent bloodshed. We are a buffer state between French Indo-China and British Burma. Civil war in Siam would mean that both the French and English would intervene, ostensibly to protect their nationals. That would be the end of Siam...
...civil war been averted, Your Highness?" Prince Svasti was asked. Darkly he replied, "The King will not accept any constitution based on group dictatorship...