Meanwhile, there were also direct attempts by various members of royal family to influence foreign opinion against the People's Party. At the beginning of September, an interview with Prince Sawat by an American journalist was published by a number of newspapers in the United States. The prince had said that the king was totally unsatisfied with the provisional constitution and claimed that he would abdicate if the permanent constitution, planned for the end of the year, continued to deny him any meaningful role in Siam's affairs. The prince intimated that, in the event of the king's abdication, one of two things might occur, new government a Child Prince as a puppet on the throne, declare a republic". He further argued that "either of these courses would be likely to bring a civil war and probably foreign intervention. At the same time Prince Devawongse was telling the British much the same thing, while another highly placed but unnamed source infoemed them that prajadhipok was making clandestine preparations to go into exile if his position as monarch did not improve.