Among those to whom the cautionary letter was sent were two men whose anti-government activities had long been known to the author ities: former Police Commissioner Athikon Prakat and Phraya Saraphai Phiphat of the Bangkok Daily Mail and the Nationalist Association. A number of members of the royal house also received the letter, including Prince Bowaradej, who was staying at Hua Hin with the king, Prince Dossiriwongs, Prince Khaisaeng Rabi, Prince Chatmongkon and Prince Wongnirachon, formerly thikon's deputy in the police department.
Despite the warning, the voice of the pro-royalist opposition, the Siam Free Press, through its three daily newspapers, the English language Bangkok Daily Mail, and the Thai-language Krungthep Daily Mail and Seriphap, continued to adopt a critical stance, suggesting that the Phahon administration was undemocratic, inept and unable to manage the affairs of the country At the beginning of August, the government responded by issuing a public communiqué charging the three and subjected them to more papers with "evil intent and malice stringent censorship. However, even this did not deter the Bangkok Daily Mail, which ignored government strictures and published an editorial on 5 August deemed to be "against the public peace and the good morals of the people". ee As a result, the paper was subject to a temporary closure order and did not reappear until the latter part of August.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, King Praja was trying to do what he could to turn British opinion against the leaders of the revolution and promote his own political interests. In a confidential letter to the financial adviser James Baxter, on 4 August, the king wrote: