New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-11
WILLIAMS.

daughter was expelled from the empire not "
virtue Of any judicial decree or law. but solely
on the strength Of an order of the Minister OF
the Imperial Household.
The threat of expulsion in Continental Europe
is often used as a means of intimidation. While
the execution Of the menac- is frequently the
means of satisfying the spit. OF some one in
authority. Thus when Crispi was Prime Mn
lister of Italy he expelled from the kingdom
within twenty-four hours and in particularly
brutal fashion the corresl ondent Of the Paris
Figaro" who had been resident in Rome for
nearly twenty years The correspondent in
question had been guilt Of no offence against
the Italian Government or nation but mad mere
" ventured i'm one of his letters to the Figaro
to comment on the taste of Mime Crspi in hiss
ing at a Rome theatre, play which was being
appauded by Queen Margharita.
In Portugal | can recall the case of the ex-
pulsion Of a celebrated operatic tenor Of Italian
nationality. for other reason than that he
had displayed a perhaps pardonable pride and
been a trine indiscreet in his remarks concern
ing the tokens OF regard and admiration be-
slowed upon him by the impulsive Queen
Dowager In France may be instanced the case
Of TIE Rev Mr. Drought. an English clergyman
OF the most nofensive type who acted as vicar
of the little English church erected on the ducal
property Of Chantilly, for the special benefit OF
the large number OF English grooms, game
keepers and other followers employed upon the
estate Of the Due dAumale At the time or
the Dukes exile during the presidency Of Jules
Grevy these English dependents joined with
their vicar in drawing up and forwarding an
address TO the Prince expressing their deep
sorrow at his departure and the hope that he
would soon return to live among them. Not the
slightest alusion was made 10 the Government
in the address. and the document was alto
gether of the most harmless nature.
few days afterward without the slightest
warning of the fate which awaited him, the
Rev. Mr.. Drought informed by the police
commissary at Chantilly that he must break up
his home at once and leave French territory
within twelve hours. Moreover, constable was
appointed to remain by his side and to escort
him to Paris, just as if he had been common
malefactor, although no tribunal had condemned
or even tried him for any offence. The English
Embassy at Paris, on being appealed to, de-
clarcd itself powerless to interfere in the mat
ter or rather pointed out that its protests would
be of no avail since the French are perfectly
well aware that no country would dream or
going to to avenge the expulsion of one OF
its citizens whose presence was considered un-
desirable By the Gallo authorities.
1t is on official record that during the space OF
a single year in France about seven thousand
foreigners Of every class and pedigree have been
expelled. Many. Of course, were alien criminals
who had served their time or who were known
to have come TO France for nefarious purposes
But it is notorious that large percentage was
due to private intrigue and to personal anlmos-
ity precisely as is the case in every other coun-
try of Continental Europe where 1t is the easiest
thing in the world for a member OF the Dplo-
matte Corps to get an objectionable countryman
or countrywoman shipped across the frontier by
the police to avoid further annoyance "A
mere note TO Of the officials of the police de-
partment or of the Ministry Of the INTERIOR
coupled with an invitation to dinner and the
Promise perhaps Of decoration, is all that Is re-
qured to accomplish the expulsion of a for
eigner the police being particularly ready TO
oblige foreign diplomats in this matter know
ing that in thesa instances they are perfectly
safe from any demands for redress
Here in the United States the expulsion Of
foreigners is, as rule, limited to the turning
back Of undesirable immigrants at the various
ports OF entrance the determination as to the
qualifications Of the foreign arrivals being left 10
the Judgment Of tho port officers except in the
case Of the Chinese. who are excluded by
statute Occasionally. however. one hears Of
aliens ln this country receiving sufficiently len
lent sentence for offences which they may have
committed against the laws Of the land on he
condition chat they take their departure for
other shores as soon as they have completed
their term OF Imprisonment EX-ATTACHE.