I often think, in this latter connexion, of terribly unfortunate remark made by the senior statesman in the hearing of the Financial Adviser, Mr. Doll, on 7th June last to the effect that the king should keep out of politics. Two days later King Ananda met his violent death and there are some in Siam who whisper that here in sense was a repetition of the grim drama on the steps of Canterbury Cathedral When Thomas a Becket was assassinated.
I am sending copies of this despatch to Berne and Singapore