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he is the virtual head of the island. His authority is 

 absolute and he has come to be called the King of 

 Christmas Island. His every-day name is that of 

 his distinguished uncle, Sir John, but his Sunday 

 name is "King." 



For a day or two we motored around Singapore 

 and it was worth seeing to note how the tourists 

 stared when I casually said, "Well, King, let's have 



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a bamboo." In a day or two he was going to meet 

 his wife, who was just coming from England with 

 a little three-months-old crown prince whom he had 

 not yet seen. Then, together, the royal family was 

 going back to Christmas Island on one of the king's 

 ships. 



The China coast is distinguished for its excellent 

 United States consular officials. And it hasn't been 

 so for many years. Our representative in Singa- 



