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Assistant Secretary Sayre took a leave of absence from Harvard in 1923, journeyed to Bangkok to be international law adviser to King Rama VI. His experience in negotiating commercial treaties between Siam and nine European nations seemed to qualify him for last week's new job, which will be chiefly concerned with the commercial aspects of treaties. Mr. Sayre got news of his appointment just before he saw his alma mater beat its traditional rival, Amherst, 14-to-0 at football at Williamstown...
...citizens who might be pardoned for never quite gathering who was fighting whom, will welcome Author Sullivan's introductory table of Declarations of War, which makes it clear, for instance, that whereas Siam fought both Germany and Austria but not Turkey. Guatemala fought only Germany. Besides numerous cartoons, war maps, newspaper headlines, Compiler Sullivan has exhumed many a curious highlight from the museumed files. Some of them: versions (bowdlerized) of the bawdy war song. "Mademoiselle from Armentieres"; "gasless Sunday." when every patriot did his bit by parking his car in the garage for the day; the late Theodore Roosevelt...
...White Bangkok, bristling with gilded temple spires, Siam's moon-faced Premier Phya Bahol last week went to work on the lively little rebellion of King Prajadhipok's cousins, Princes Bavaradej and Sithiporn (TIME, Oct. 23). From 15 mi. to the north the young rebel fops of Siam's crack air force flew out of their Donmuang Airdrome and dropped among Bangkok's spires circulars claiming that they could take the city in two days except that their friends and relatives in the city might get hurt. Premier Bahol raked up ten pilots loyal...
...shall now be able to say our beads in the Cathedral without interruption. The last time we ventured to use our rosary in one of the unfrequented chapels behind the high altar, a verger quickly approached and asked if we had seen the lacquer cupboards which the King of Siam had given to the Cathedral. We felt duly rebuked for our excess of devotion...
...many monarchs can take a revolution with the bland aplomb of Siam's spunky little King Prajadhipok who, hav-ng been through three in the past two years, last week faced his fourth...