The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-06
PRINCE cHAkRABoNesE.
How He and Members of His Suite
 Pronuonce Their Names.

From the Boston Herald.
 The boys were little off in their pro- nunciation of his name but their good will was so manifest that no attempt at correction was made. They pronounced 1t -bong-see." Had they omit ted the last syllable they would have come as near to the correct pronunciation as it is possible to give it in Englsh The nrince answers to the name "Chak-ra- bong" with the last syllable slightly ac- cented.
 The complete title of the crown prince is Somdetch Chowfa Mana Vajiravudh. His autograph reads, however, Mana Vajiravudh," the other two names al- ready quoted being the equivalent Of "crown prince" or Their apparent The schooiboys did not attempt to pronounce his name when they honored him with we'll. They greeted him as ''crown prince of siam" Had they pronounced his name as 'Mar-har Varchi-varoot, with slight accent on the last syllable of the last name, they would have come near enough to 1t to have enabled the crown prince to recognize his appellauon.
 And so 1t Is with the names Of other members of the party-they are not so unnronounceable as they look. As most Siamese names are derived from the san skirt it is not easy to provide the Engilsn equivalent in pronunciation. In some eases the last syllable is dropped ana the following glossary, prepared on the autboritv of. a member of the party, may he of interest to readers Of the Heraio
 wbo come in contact with them during tbe next two days of the crown prince stay in this city:
 The name of the Siamese minister 10 this country is Phya Akharaj Vardahara'
 nronounced "Phee-a Ak-har-at Var-da- ba-ra." Use the short "a in all cases. Colonel Rajavallobh. first aide -de-camp
 to the crown prince -''Ra-cha-val-iop. Major sarasiddhi, second aide-de-camp -"Sar-asit.
 Nom Anuvatra, private secretary-"An- u-gat."
 Luang Surayudh, aide-de-camp to Prince Chakrabongse-"S -"Su-ray-yoot."
 Mai Poune, aide-de-camp to Prince chakrabongse-"N Poo"
 This is at least fair approximation to the way the names should be pronounced and. if the suggestion of using the short "ap and slightly accenting the last sylla- ble ia followed, the visitors will probably recognize themselves.
 Here are a few things about Siam that are worth knowing, and they may be ac- cepted as authoritative:
 The country is larger than Engianu and Wales together. If Ia very fertile, and has vaiuaDie mines and forests. For these reasons II has very little manufacturing ana is heavy buyer of various lines or American nanufactures: although this Is not so ap- parent from the official repor's' large portion of the imports are creoieeu to singapore and Hongkong, whence they are forwarded IT. has ten cities with populations of more than 100000 each. It's total population is about l6,Oo0,0oO [ lie state religion is Buddhism, and it's ,xinp is the head of the Buddhist faith. Although an absolute monarch he is a man of liberal ideas. One of his first acts was to appoint council of minis ters. Although not compelled to consult | his council or abide by its decision. he has never passed decree against the ob- I lection of the members of the council, He virtually abolished slavery, by de- creeing that there should be no further
 births in seryitude,
 As Buddhism permits polygamy. 1t has been asserted that he has from 100 tt