The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-12

with the down fan and exile Of Napoleon
After the route Of his soldiers at Water
loo, Napoleon fed before the allies back
to France. AS he had innumerable friends
in that country he had no difficulty in
| keeping out of the hands of his enemies
! for a considerable time. 1t was at first
his intention to fee to America, where
| he believed he would be welcomed by a
| liberal-minded people, especially as they
| had just been at war with England. He
! even discussed plans for making his es-
cape with an American resident in Paris,
Mr.. Wilder But since the battle of
Waterloo he had been in Ill heath which
made him very slothful, and he wasted
| time. When he finally reached the coast
he found it impossible to escape, because
the British war ships absolutely guarded
every port.
In case President Kruger tries to es-
cape from the Transvaal he would find
himself in a worse plight than Napoleon.
He would doubtless like to come to the
United States, where he would be cor
daily welcomed and receive numerous Of
fers of theatrical engagements. But even
if he reached the sea he would find 1t
more fully occupied by British war ships
than it was in Napoleon's time.
When Napoleon realived that he could
not escape the British he addressed a let
ter to the Prince Regent, then acting for
George III, IN which he said that he
placed himself under the protection of
1.-The most. mighty, the most constant
and the most generous Of my enemies"
There was something humorous and
worthy Of the surprising character of Ma
poleon in thus confding in the hospital
ity of the one nation he had fought most
bitterly, and whose political existence It
had been his highest ambition to destroy.
The British, true to their national char
acter, did not see the joke, or did not
take it in a kindly spirit.
Instead Of treating him as ian unfortu-
nate Emperor, they treated him almost
as badly as France treated Capt Dreyfus.
England sent Napoleon to st. Helena be-
cause it was the most isolated and mac
cessible spot in the whole British empire
1t has only one little port, jamestown,
and this was dominated by very strong
Notifications in Napoleon's time, so that
a fleet could hardly have taken it The
rest of the island IS made inaccessible to
ships or even boats by enormouse cliffs.
St Helena is not unhealthy, but has a
hot humid and enervating climate. It
IS a mass of barren rocks in the South
Atlantic. The nearest mainland is the
most uninteresting part of the West
Coast of Africa, over a thousand miles
away.
The residence assigned to Napoleon was
an old house, called LongwOod, in one of
the most dreary and unhealthy parts of
the island.
The Governor Of st. Helena. Sir HID
son Lowe, was fussy man, who insisted
on observing every action of Napoleons.
The latter at last refused to see the Gov
ernor at all, and declared that he would
kin himself rather than do so. The Gov
ernor retaliated by interfering with the
Emperor's attendants and with letters add
dressed to him, more than ever. The
confinement at st. Helena undoubtedly
FASTENED Napoleons death.
Since then st. Helena has been used as
a plce of exile for various African chiefs
who have made war on the British
Among them have been Chaka, Dingaan
and Lobengula.
OF course, it must be remembered that
loom PauT' has no present intentions
Of throwing himself upon the hospitality
Of the British nation