The Washington weekly post., 1899-06-13

~ WHICH VIII return 20 them"
I perhaps IN another form, after many
/ days" '
Pfnssis's kSiles to siberia.
Few people are aware that until about
hity years 2so-in fact, almost IN IN The
/ days OF Bismarck-Sibsria WAS ussd "a d
place OF exile by the Kings and govern
hent OF Prussia In those DAYS relations
OF the most intimate character existed
between the courts OF ST. Petersburg and
| beriin, and. taking advantage OF this, the
ffussian authorities we're accustomed ey-
| cry now and again 10 turn over 20 Russian
/ onclais al the frontier patches OF Prus-
sian Offenders, political and criminal. for
! transportation 10 siberia AT the expense OF
me betHn treasury During the reign Of
| freGeflck William III alone as many as
ll"o frussian citizens we're In this man
/ her depofted to Russia IN Asia. and the
/ practice continued even during the earlier
| part of the reign OF King Frederick Will
/ IAN IN. OF course. IL has now cedsel
| altogether. and Prussia. like the other
states OF the German Empire. shows its
! good sense by keeping its criminal classes
al home, realizing that If any work e re
| demption and rehabilitation IS to be at
/ tempted, IL can be carried on TO far great
| er advantage and with more prospects OF
ultimate success at home than abroad
Italy. in the hope Of discovering some
use for her costly white elephant or col
ony on the African coast OF the Red Sea.
attempted some years ago 20 convert Il
! into penal settlement, and shipped near
| " one thousand long-term cOnvicts 90
Massowah. The mortality among them,
however. has been SO appalling-less than
two hundred remain alive-that the au-
| thorities have never ventured 70 repeat
/ the experiment or to adopt the system
| of penal transportation for good.
Poriugars Easy ConvIcts.
The only European countries that still
retain deportation as a means Of pun
ishment for political and criminal offend
ers are France, Spain, Portugal and Tur-
key, England having abolished transpOr-
tation as a punishment in 1907, save in the
case of its Indian convicts, who are ship
ped from the mainland to the Andaman
Islands, in the Bay Of Bengal on the
whole Portugal treats her transported
convicts most kindly. They are mostly de-
ported to the east and west coasts of At
rica, and 10 Goa, IN India. But no at
tempt is made TO subject them % forced
labor They erjoy almost complete liberty.
the town or settlement TO which they are
assigned, while their social status Is so
/ little affected by the fact OF their having
been transported from Portugal as crtmi-
nails that at Mozambique. for instance.
| the Governor General of the colony may
occasionally be found playing billiards In
the principal hotel of the place with
convicted forger or entertaining trans
ported pOisoner at his table. In fact,
| Portuguese conyicts in the colony nave
| Ill. Il sfV "a M
women with sensational antecedents gen
! orally prove more entertaining and inter-
| eSting guests and companions than thoSs
| of their cOuntrymen who have managed
to remain within the limits Of the law.
Blot OH Frances Civilization.
frances penal colonies. like those OF
Spain. are a blot upon her civilization
and a source of regret and of shame 10
her more enlightened citizens. France
| transports her habitual criminals 10 New
Caledonia. in the Pacific. and to French
| Guiana, the latter colony being the more
| largely utilized for this purpose since
| the energetic protest of the British gov
, eminent in behalf of its Australian de-
tendencies which naturally objected 10
| having all Frances most dangerous GRIM
inals dumped upon islands within easy
reach of their shores. The climate or
New Caledonia is unsuited TO the settle
ment of white races. and the soil Is not
such as to induce the convicts to work
for themselves while French Guiana Is
one of the most peStiIerouS spots on
the face of the globe. the mortallty
among the conviCtS detained ther pelnS
something terrible. Moreover, the dls-
cipIine the supervision. and the man
agemant OF the ConVicts are as eXecrable
in French Guiana as in New Caledonia,
and so far as can be seen, lhe OIly
object which the French government
attains by dep0rting its habitual criml-
mails across, the sea is that they die on
about ten times as fast in the colonies
- would be the case if they had re-
mained interned in penitentiaries at
home.
Elements and convict prisons at Ceuta
and at Fernando PO. on the coast or
Africa, have been too frequently oe-
scribcd Of late IN connection with the
sufferings undergone by CUBAN psItiotS
to need more than passing reference
here. They are without exception the
most Horrible infeTnos Of the kind tnat
remain in existence, ana are dis
grace 10 any civilized and Christian coun-
! nv. In fact, they are Infinitely more
| terrible than anything in connection
with Russia's Siberian exile system
/ either present or past, and have no couh-
/ !, mart save in the fostering dungeons
| of the baTbarOus Sultan OF Morocco.
How Midhat Pacha Was Murdered.
| GEOGRAPHICALLY speaking, Turkey be-
longs Ia Europe, although neither It's rui-
| or nor vet It's governing classes can lay
claim 10 any share IN European ciyiizt-
! tion and enlightenment. They are Olen-
| tails indeed In every sense Of the word
and il Is probably on that account That
they deport political and criminal onend-
/ ers 20 the remote regions Of Trip0li ana
| to the towns and villages on the
hanks Of the Euphrates and Or the
| TigriS. where they are at liberty 20 ~ofN
| their own sweet will upon the cHiss WIN
OUT any iI.cOHgeuieHt questions DrihB dsK.
| ed or prOtrsts offered BY European ana
American cCrsuis or mlsslonarles, ohIy
/ those who, like myself. have nad tne op.
norfuUify Of hearing from the mouth OF
| an eyewitness the story or no" All4hdJ
Pacha that enlightened lurhlsn stdtr2-
man . no was Prime Minister OF IuIhey
and an h0noTed and welcomed s1eat a.
I every court In Europe. had MS brains
| bssfsu out with the butt end OF tne n
/ fes OF his guafGs, near Bas1ae, WI y
! = Die 10 aDpTeciatc the TACT Why hHtHtstl
{ an Ottoman cignitary or 0hTlhtiAH
/ banker Of CCnstantinOplf or 5mJ INA la
reuorted ar exiied his relatives al onCv
80 re 4Fq trat until 1852 the Egyptian
/ government was IN the nauI ~ aegyi u'.3
r.. couv!cts and political offenders 10
| Faghoda, that fcycr-strcken io"h on tn1
I ~ which became 50 famous last hu-
| funon 10 connection with Maj AaTcSano
l soyce1 withdrawal As the journey, now
I over from Alexandra and caro- 20 "a
! sbo9a "a those days occupied seFsIal
( roorfos and vas extremely cosiiy' IL was
/ H,Isf0Tosry 70 strange or cut the thrOais
I ~ tbe exiicg q few days aiter leaFihs
( sssouan. in order 20 save oo'n tmc am
{ cynense That Was Why exile 10 FashoSt
I ,,-as regarded as equivalent 20 gealh
/ ,-aIr.rT IN last notable case taai ] cen
! ser',lI being that or 5adyk Pacha, ne AL
! ,.oa-erful Minister Of Finance of old khe-
/ dive I.naii He bore the Ute OF tAs
/ Mounetish.
Sadyk Pseha's fad.
yhe, the Khcdlve learned. through the
,,..cb,-y of his Minister Austrian pri-
v,te secretary, that his e1ceiisney had
,ssnlgsa 10 make q clean breast 20 the
/ 1r,eruattonal commission Of inquiry then
I ,n,e.tIea;ing the dark mysteries o.
/ egyptian franc, be invited him 70 SUP
/ ,c, on poar4 .ke Khsdiyial steam yscnt
iy',g ~ cairo on the Nile. Poor aedyk
/ pacsa VAS never seen again ahse. BIZ
1 ., fh- following day an announcement
! e,..e.,ad ia the ~Ofncisn IOnittur' to
/ ,se sNeet that be had been eHilrf 10
/ Tssboda. ghlie the KhediRial yacht Ha5
{ go 10 have left is moornKs ana -
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