SIAMESE MYSTERY MAN
WORLD TOUR EXPLAINED BOY KING’S CORONATION [BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] (Rec. August 13. 11.30 a.m.) SINGAPORE August 12. Luang Pradit, the socalled mysteryman of Siamese politics, arrived at Singapore under a strong guard of special policeinterviewed, Pradit confirmed that he was making a goodwill tour of the world in. the interests of Siam. He denied being banished. The last time Pradit passed through Singapore was in 1933. He was going to banishment, after accusations of communism, but since his recall he has achieved the highest positions in the Siam Government and is now Minister of the Interior, ”*
Pradit said: “I want to deny all the sensational stories circulating at present. The arrest of fifteen noncommissioned officers in the army scotched an insurrection plot.. There-is no longer any danger-of a rising against the government. I am going to Berne to interview the boy king and discuss the arrangements for his return to Bangkok for his coronation.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 August 1935, Page 5
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