Premier instead of to the King and the idea of the Premier or a Minister resigning because he personally disagrees with the policy educated by his superior although he is well qualified for his post and entirely acceptable to his superior, are quite foreign to the ideas at present generally prevailing in Siam, and would have to be developed cautiously and with care. Nevertheless, both of these ideas must be thoroughly learned before Parliamentary Government can be achieved; and if, as I hope, Siam will one day achieve some form of Parliamentary Government, these prerqulsite ideas must first be mastered and generally understood by the people. If these first steps to Parliamentary Government must be mastered some day, I see no reason why they should not be mastered now.
Very much, of course, depends on personalities. Is it possible at this time to secure some one competent and willing to undertake the infinitely important task of accomplishing this transformation and carrying on the Government as Premier? The programme to be followed vitally depends upon the answer to this question.
In answer to the 3rd. and 4th. questions proposed by Your Majesty, my answer is that Siam I hope some day may have a parliamentary form of government, but that the country is not yet prepared for representative government. I believe that these who are shaping the destinies of Siam should not lose sight of a representative form of government at some future time when the spread of education makes this possible; for I believe that some such form of
