The Stormy
Petrel is rapidly nearing our shores. Steer carefully the newly launched Ship of State, lest it be dashed against the rocks and destroyed.
In response, the government, increasingly anxious to avoid any trouble decided to keep Pridi's arrival as subdued as possible. Thus, when he reached Bangkok on the morning of 29 September, it was:
without the fanfare of a single trumpet, without any of the many planned celebrations at the wharf, or throngs of enraptured and devoted followers trailing him through the streets in a triumphal return akin to that of an old-time Roman conquering hero, such as had been discussed ever since it was known that he was to return.
The following day, the government attempted to mollify their royal opponents by laying criminal charges against Thawat together with three other individuals, including the owner and editor of the Lak muang newspaper, for attacking the king This initiative was to have little effect, however, since the royalists were already planning to use military force to overthrow the government.