My Son, My Son

Prince Norodom Sihanouk, neutralist Cambodia's chief of state, is not only plagued by the threat of Communism and the problem of providing for his five million people, but also by far more personal cares. "This is to inform all dear citizens," Sihanouk told his subjects in a recent communique, "that a number of families lately came to tell me of their sufferings. They complained that His Royal Highness. Prince Norodom Yuvanath, who is my eldest son, had gone to bed with their daughters. On learning this I was sorry for the honor and future of these girls who had involuntarily allowed themselves to be led into losing their maidenhood.''

Faced with "accomplished facts," said Sihanouk, he could only pay indemnities to the families and marry his son off to one Miss Tea Kim Yin, so "that no girl should henceforth become his mistress." Families, continued Sihanouk, must warn their daughters "against falling in love with His Royal Highness. As for me, in my capacity as father. I will not allow my son to continue to do such things, and I will continue to advise and scold him. If certain parents and daughters do not pay attention to my warning, they should not hold me responsible."

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