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...still unready to undertake war with Russia by attacking Siberia, and wished to avoid the war with Britain and the U.S. that would follow an attack on Singapore or the Indies, her most likely next move would seem to be on Thailand. Under pressure, the Government of Premier Luang Pitul Songgram granted Japan a 10,000,000-baht ($3,600,000) loan, recognized Manchukuo as a token of friendship. (It was carefully explained that the recognition of Manchukuo had been chosen as a lesser evil than recognizing Puppet Wang Ching-wei at Nanking.) Japan continued pressing demands-demands which...
Strong Man Luang Pitul (pronounced Peboon), frequently accused of being pro-Japanese, has as frequently protested that he was merely pro-Siamese. At times he has been likened to Mussolini, Napoleon, Oliver Cromwell and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Even if he had all the strongest qualities of all these men, Premier Luang Pitul would have been in a tough spot this week, for his decision whether to yield to Japan must rest on his judgment as to whether Japan and Germany or Britain and the U.S. will finally win World...
Even if Premier Luang Pitul does yield, Japan may have a fight on her hands. If Japan occupies Thailand's Isthmus of Kra (on the Malay Peninsula) the Japanese will have bases from which they could easily attack Singapore. And they might, from Thailand, be able to close the Burma Road into China. It remained to be seen how much aggression in these quarters the British would stand for. Last week the 30,600-ton battleship Warspite was reported sighted in the Gulf of Siam...
...name sounded and politics looked something like Toyland. Thailand ignored the request. Its Government at Bangkok grew insistent on the subject of its claims against Indo-China. It looked as if mighty France might have to give in to the aggression of an Eastern toyland. This week Prime Minister Luang Bipul Songgram said: "If force is inevitable, war will be waged with a minimum of bloodshed...
Young, brilliant, tradition-breaking Defense Minister Colonel Luang Bipul Songgram has had a spectacular career in Siamese politics, featured by frequent promotions and escapes from assassination. Three years ago an assassin fired at him, winged him at a football game at Bangkok. Three months ago his own valet fired two shots at him, missed...