Word: siam
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...slumbrous, easy-going Siam the gentle comedy of deposing King Prajadhipok as Absolute Monarch and reinstating King Prajadhipok as Constitutional Monarch was wafted to its close last week...
...Cabinet members are men who as humble undersecretaries did the Princes' work. Quite unheard of outside Siam are Premier & Finance Minister Monophkarana; Foreign Minister Phya Srivisar Vacha; Defense Minister Prasertsong Coram; Minister of Interior Phya Chasaenyapati...
Without a constitution-which Siam has never had-King Prajadhipok could not of course become a Constitutional Monarch. In a quiet Siamese way it was announced last week that a constitution had been adopted and that "under certain circumstances the Senate has power to override the King...
...Siam has never had a Senate. Produced last week like a hat-born rabbit, the Senate was found to consist of 70 Siamese army officers, the same who last fortnight staged with His Majesty's approval their placid, bloodless coup...
...Taking aloft the first women guests ever to ride in a Navy airship, Queen Rambai Barni of Siam and two companions...