The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-12
they ARE
A NUISANCE
tate Prisoners Bother
the British.
AVE COST NATION HIGH
4. E,.Attach. Describes Hsw the
.srIIsh Government Has Cared
for Noted Foes.

80. o. one Kind and another with
...,,i cronic that one can readily I'M
.,fi me extraordinary escape from
..wts OF the Presidents OF the two
sgublcs at kriegsfontein Ne other
The English had no desire whatev-
/, iake either OF them. and any BRIT
1. ssifer who had brought them 10
..i Robertss headquarters as prison
j, n var would have been cursed rath-
/. ,tt1 blessed for his pains. Instead.
..,s i every reason 90 believe that the
,,lsh deliberately avoided the oppor-
IA, which presented Itself To them of
.,sfue not only STEM. but also Dom
,,s. Kruger The tact Of the matter
.rat the British Government would
.s been more embarrassed than pleas
an ffoy had fallen into English hands.
IA salisbury would have been forced
fp them on 10 ST. Helena. and To
Loo and board them there on a stiIl
sfa luxurious and costly scale than
.fffsl Cronie. with the by no means
...ant conviction that by combining the
a.. chief Magistrates on the island u
= "A
tsl % halo % martyrlom. hat likewise
I'M tume N the romantic interest which
4, great Napoleon derived from his cap
Vy In 81 Helena. From an English
ttt OF view. n would he infinitely pref
able that tho Presidents OF the Orange
i,s state and OF the Transvaal should
sise capture and become mere fugi-
,ss shlch would deprive them Of the
r,suse which they would Inevitably ac-
DO. a. prisoners 81 state.
Unless / am much mistaken, directions
ate secretly issued from Washington at
M close OF the Ctvil War In this country
avoid capturing Jefferson Davis Time
fl tgaln he could have been taken By
~ Union troops, who, however. made
. attempt % arrest him. lie was anal-
Aksn prisoner by laundering on
VI. who either had not received or who
nd else not understood the conn lential
ntfuo,iouH from the Secretary OF War.
nd Vh0 was roundly abused instead cf
ysafded for his pains The President
no dounCt Confederacy was imprison-
foe a TINE az Fortress Monroe. and
f1h vas quietly let go without further
ta.shment There IN no doubt that the
auiu VI the Union would. however. have
fsn better served had Davis effected mis-
ape to Europe without impeachment.
Sapolson LII. at wiIhemshoshs
have In my NE known three prisoners
= State IA a boy I accompanied wy
hhsf 10 Wllhelmahoehe In 1870. and was
fsse1ted fOr the hrst time 10 Emperor
'agaTou ~ who was In Ellded captivi-
here I have known both Arab md
trl faChaa IN Ceylon. 20 which island
NJ had been deported after the close OF
o. hgyptian insurrection In iSs2, and
~ Commandment OF Alexandria and the
aiue of Telel- keber, and last, but rot
iist ! have enjoyed "a something more
Hn ordinary acquaintance with 10
fIf hs former Emperor Of the Soudan.
MI no rOprusc ntatlvo In Egypt OF the
iNI Master Of tho Senoussi. who, dur
ID he course Of Lord wolseley's Nils
anpliEu 90 rescue Gordon an Sst-iSS5 was
aidsuY seized one night at hts rasi-
tHeo iu Alexandria by English soldiers
nftsd on board "a British cruiser lyiua
SORT which within "a quarter 81 ur
Nlf alter hla arrival quietly Slipped bei
a.uuts and steamed OF Co Gibraltar
mere hobshr renamed IN captivity as q
f1Hrgr " state for several years unit
Nmittod a. return 20 EGYPT heat
~, DO has lately even gone back q
NJ recollection % Napoleon at WI
HmshOshe is somewhat dimmsd bl
WI uurty years have elapsed. But be
mo, amazed mo by the excellence %
n buguHh aud his knowledge OF tn
Wli public school which I had recrutll
t.a au1 save tho the impression of be
Il u exceedingly sick and weary man
,'1 vas resigned 20 his fate. and OF
whole rather relieved that his trou
~ hnd Worries as sovereign were over
iI' palace witch served as has prisOi
~ Wr magnificent abode which ha'
''1 lho headquarters % his unCte Je
no husband % Elizabeth Patterson. o
imorol during his reign as king o
'nhauh. The cuisine was perfect
ntsuuCh az the Emperor was sur
.litd ~ the officers OF his household
1l waited upon by bis own French bod
wants, there was nothing Co ConVe
urt that he was under restraint
~ NE German sentlnols and patrol
..th krpt witch around the walls an
,IancrH Of the grounds at every point
Napoleou disappointed me by his alb
sa,e ot majesty and by his short stntur
.l snort logs, aud 1 could not help com
Mlg MIN to his disadvantage with hi
Nni Prince Jerome Napoleon, WI
Wl aud stately. with the head an
t'ifta OF Roman Caesar. and Gym
~ humorous sarcastic and sometime
hse Naf % discussing things wnic
~ extraordinarily amusing. J'rom
ti uick, however, which was mos
yncertug. and which was due, ! wa
vrmed, 90 liver trouble. II was this
laNhed on an average every two mif
no matter with whom he was COT
.isInE and this used TO set me. "a we
many other persons, yawning I'm syn
al The Emperor's trick was that I
tl,ng his eyes 90 such an extent ina
nv nmost thought he was asleep, an
suddenly raising them 10 stare
Hh regard to ArabI and SAINT Pacha
tl bnown them both In Egypt pre-
.l' lnsurreCtion OF 1852 and befoi
~ reported 20 Ceylon. Arab wps
80 hulklng, big fellow. with roupd'
,'fs, and the most honest par
- utpwn eyes that u was possible
Ys,'' We was "a typical feilaneeu.
n, Wen peasant. with n dash of u
and possessed OF all the ObstinaC
IL NtvWurss 81 Intellectual vision al
shutry % his class. lie had bee
1is"l irum his childhood that the &c
Taby was subjected by the rcven'
taxes beng extorted Oft
H. over BY means OF the kourbash al
IA Aunadp-was In order Co pay q
~ WhfstlanJ bondholders and usu
ID, w That " the latter were driv'
80 De- rendered 20 Allah and 90 ,
s,.it but likewise the peasant
t 20 relieved % all further hnanci
n'n'hi, of an mortgages and TAKE
~ Ne HE understanding In headil
L. ,lirnrton, hts zeal being foster
ft.W tfoFH Injustice Co which he ~
III. Y. hnd been subjected by bis sur
r.s Nas 1n entirely different type
r.si, IlIr haired. blue eyed, bio
ttt,.N,l ana polished sCoundrcl OF I
III ~ we. who was the rru instigat
rebellion, ana who made u
t. simple AruhL Having reason
f wife, be not only Killed h'