SIAMESE TROOPS REBEL
CLASH WITH STATE FORCES. CAPITAL REMAINS QUIET. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Singapore, Oct. 12. A rising has occurred among troops in Eastern. Siam who have. captured the Donmuang aerodrome, which is a .regular landing stage in the air service to Europe. ' ' ' Thirteen kilometres from Bangkok the rebel troops encountered Government forces from the capital and firing occurred. There are no details. Martial law has been proclaimed and the King and Queen of Siam are at the seaside. Armed guards have been placed at the legations and foreign banks. The population of Bangkok is quiet. The Siamese Consul at Singapore expects the Government to restore normality in two or three days.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1933, Page 7
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