New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-08-13

="ioolei o'"r' twenty or the states Of the Union.
He is IN" uuIy eastern monarch with IL western
"if!atlon-the most democratic ,lospol In the
world. For Siam is an absoIut" monarchy lnis-
sibiN The most absolute monarchy in existence
today. Rama VI holds in The palm of his hand
not onIy ia" property and possessions of his
9sDtNo subjects, hut their very lives. 4 few
wears ago, when China WAS in the thtues of rut
one, hut of several revolutions. and had declared
Two "rrpuhlicS,'' III" spirit of unrest started 10
trirklr down into little Siam. but stopped at the
border. Siam Is called HE kingdom of "AIuang
Thni" Ctlr People Of the Free'). aud nothing
could enter that paradise IA disturb that free
DOM The country is 81 prosperous, the taxes
ar" 50 low, the advantages are So numerous that
thoS" living in Cocllin-,llina GA the east and in
HuIma ON HE west are clamoring Ia Get over tie
Siaih"S" ien'" 10 hr"o'n" lartakcrS of HE plenty
that awaits all who make their home in this en-
chauletl had.
\ ruler who i 50 wise and 50 good. 50 grnrr'
Gus and 50 far-sightcd, is capable of performing
many modern miracles. He is but forty years 81
age and has been on the throne ten years. Ills
father ruled for fortytwo; his grandfnthcr was
hale and hearty at siXty-lhree. With his cnn>ti-
t'ul"n OF iron and his well known temperance in
all things nothing but an untoWard accident should
deprive Siam of her democratic ruler aud the
world Of one of the progrcssives of the age.
over a half century ago King Mongkut had in
his palace what he called his american room"
Around The walls were paintings of every presl-
dent of the United States. often he has been
heard t6 say:
Il am planning my own country on the customs
and the laws of America
Ills son. the late King Chulalongkorn. sent his
son TO the White House in Washington for u visit
that has been denied me. aud which | con.
slider 10 be one of til" greatest of deprivaIinns.'
Ever since Siam was opened To the West
America has been foremost ia the minds and the
hearts of the Siamese ,rllers. And if in his best
judgment his eastern monarch shall find n suit
able mate among the women of America he will
hu. rrucnt the long friendship between the laud
of The free" Of Asia and that other land OF The
free" oi America.
MANY Years ago = Siainr>, monarch found him
self among - people without Il woman of high
enough rank for him to make his queen. So be-
married his own sister. Since that Time he GUS
tom ha, prevailed that the ruling monarch must
marry at least one Of his lalr-sistcrs. far The
h,ir must Ice po~SrSSol 81 royal blood on both
s;in,. The lair queen mother WIS the half>istrr
of h~ majesty. Maha Cmlalongkorn. Her sons.
therefore. were eligible to k~iug~hir. The hate prime,
was the next IN age to the king. and. IN every
WAY. Va> the ri.htful heir ia lie throne. EdurairI
n England and France and having lived for "a
long time in Russia. where he WIS captain Of thp
guard 10 The ear. il was lint natural that he
follow in the fnntstep> &c many of the other mem
hers Of the mobility and The royal family Of the
Sinmesp court. and marry = foreigner. His choice
WIS "a Russian lady. noi of royal birth. hut nr
good lineage. who became Princess Catherine OF
the Si"tneSe court. The new princess was u Vi
vaciors young woman. handsome. clever. u good
Iinguist and an all-around wife worthy Of the bril-
liant man she had captured.
she was quick To pick up the siamese tongue