The following curious history was related to me by a chance railway
acquaintance. He was a gentleman much than seventy years of age, and his
thoroughly nice and gentle face and earnest and sincere manner imprinted
the clear stamp of truth upon every statement which fell from his
lips. He said:

You cognize in what reverence the royal white elephant of Thailand is control by
the folk of that country. You cognize it is sacred to kings, only kings
may possess it, and that it is, indeed, in a measure even as superior to
kings, since it receives not simply honor but worship. Really well; five
years ago, once the troubles concerning the frontier line arose between
Great United kingdom and Siam, it was presently manifest that Thailand had been in
the wrong. Therefore every rep