The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-19
KINGS IN EXILE.
Three Hapie.s Rpiers whom France Has
.Interned" Along Its Aigerisn Coast.

| sufYerings, humiliatIons. and Punishment OF
| European princes. There is yet another
| book to write on the vicissitudes OF the un-
| happy Eastern potentates who have expe-
| riencsd the same notifications and sorrows
| and have been compelled by superior powers
| to exchange the harbnric splendor OF their
| native courts for a life OF more or less Gided
captivity as tho compulsory guests oil alien
| countries.
Prince Duong Chacr the little Cambodian
| prince. has Just been "interned" TO use the
| euphonious term OF diplomacy In Algeria by
| the will OF tho French Government. adding
| one more name to the list OF tho rulers once
| omnpotent. but now condemned to OBJ
scure mediocrity and passive inactivity. pass
ing from throne to the rocking chairs OF Co.'S
| mopolitan hotels or the spurious comforts OF a
| furnished European fiat.
Some. like Duong Chacr's father. Norodom.
| may be allowed palace in Africa. where
they live on In the straight waistcoat OF Eu-
| ropean politics. But the young are doomed;
| they will never handle the heavy sceptre OF
| their ancestors; they must renounce forever
| the absolute liberty that was their birthright.
| their mysterious orgies. their reckless expen-
| diture and voluptuous cruelty They will use
| their Eastern craft and subtlety in squabblnE
over the all owance they receive from tho pro
| tecting Government and porchancs under
thc vi u DuCluC boulGbois'
| indulge In dreams of retaliation. After them
| their children must choose between annih-
| lation or com pleter Decentralization.
| At Djelfa. tho small Algerian city half way
| between AlRiers and Laghouat. Duong Chacr
| will lead the sleepy monotonous existence
| which will but rarely be relieved by tho scanty
distractions offered by the Kzar. or fortress of
Boghari. which he was permitted to visit on
| his way to his ultimate destination.
| 1t is tho most interesting of tho stations
| spaced on the road running from the Mediter-
| ranean seaboard to the Desert OF Sahara.
| There. now that the era OF bloodshed and fatal
| razzias Is past. population OF petty trades
men has arisen. They offer tho varied types
| OF many races. every religion. and every
| caste. Arabs. Muzabites Spaniards, Sicilans.
| Jews. Christians, Mussulmans. communicate
| with one another in a composite Ian
| guaEe consisting but Of few words. which
they all understand. which enables them
| 20 exchange a limited number Of ideas
and to transact their business. At night
the Kzar of BoGhari magcally assumes the
aspect it must have originally worn: in tho
| daytime 1t Is n hugo market. noisy agglom-
| GRAFTON OF busy. Dustling men. through whose
| crowds the Moorish horseman rides majestic
ally or the solemn chanting cortGge of fune-
| raj forces its way. But in the upper portion Of
the city civilization. with its dwelling iniiu-
ence seems to have taken no hold. Figures
| fit by that might have stood by the tomb Of q
| Cheops or n Scsostris: centuries have passed.
| mountains havo been levelled. seas turned
aside; alone the women OF Boghari have re-
manned unchanged. Under their draperies
they may still be Cleopatras. Saomes. Deliahs.
Duong Chacr is not the only exile on these
| shores. At MeGeuh dwels q prOuder ruler
than he could ever have been-the eX-King Of
| AMMAN. Ham NGhi. He is q slender-lookinE
| young man. with a womans face. on which it
is difficult to decipher a thought, desire or q
purpose. His delicate exterior conceals mus
cles OF steel and supple. athletic frame hard
| ened to every bodily exercise. In his exile
| the little dispossessed king preserves royal
| impa ssibility He endures passivey and
| hopes secretly for some providental interven-
| ton that will replace him on the throne OF mas
| sive gold OF his predecessors. He wears the
| costume OF his country and eats after the
| Chinese fashion. but with the extraordinary
| adaptibity of his race he has in many things
| adopted the habits OF more refined civiliZa-
ton. He is no longer the unclean object whose
| neglected and dirty appearance made him the
| laughing stock of the sailors on the ship that
| carried him off. whose naively paraded vices
excited their censure. To-day Ham NGhi is
| educated and clean; ho has learnt French.
| reads the papers. fences. and shoots. paints in
| water colors under the tuition OF u French
artist who recognizes real aptitude in his
| pupil. and has taken kindly to the bicycle
| which lie rides for miles under the burning
| sun Of those ATTITUDES.
| Old Norodom is informed" in tho dreary
| palace of Phnum PENN. at some distance from
tho river This ediilce is composed OF build
ings. presenting the different and grotesque
styles of tho architecture of his native land
and OF Siam. gilded dome is surmounted by
tho elephant tusk symbolical OF Buddha:
brightly painted minaret rears it's gaudy crest
on another roof. The palace Is not one contin-
uous structure: 1t is abruptly interrupted by
open spaces united together by rough sheds
and bamboo galleries: there are sharp angles
and homogeneous turnnGs: the mourntul 81
ence is broken only by the trumpetiuG OF
| elephants or the scream Of an eagle high in
the air. while the carrjon birds can be seen
lowering over the trenches in which corpses
lie decaying.
This is the melancholy abode in which Moro
dom ends his worthless life His Majesty is
very short. enormously stout. and repusive-
~ ugly His eyes are lustreess: it is nj
most impossible to believe that any
ideas have ever terminated under that
narrow recedinc forehead framed in tangled.
unkempt hair. alive with vermin. His black
ened teeth arc ncrusted with gold ornaments:
his long. pointed nails are dyed pink. He
wears q crimson silken blouse embroidered
with figures OF gods aud fantastic animals his
neck and arms are laden with necklaces
and heavy rings and bracelets OF chased
| gold: his feet arc encased in red morocco
sandals. Iio spends his days chewing bete.
| lying on mattress with his boxes OF aromatics
and spttoons strcwn around him. so that lie
need have as little exertion as possible; his
| hands are generally crossed on his fat stom-
ach; he rarely moves. and is surrounded by