Arizona republican., 1900-10-10
PORTUGAL AND
 PAUL KRUGER

Portugars right to gent an asylum at Lourenzo Marquez has been called into question by the European news Rapers, particularly the English press
 That Portugal possesses this right, subject to one important qualifca- tion, is indisputable. IL is the duty of the power which offers asylum to a flu gitive ruler to see that it's territory is not utilized as a basis for fresh acts Of belligerency on the part of it's guests For instance, If Mr. Kruger were to is sue from LOurenzo Marquez proclama- tfons urging the Roers to keep on fighting, England would have valid grounds for demanding the immediate expulsion of President Kruger. or else of his surrender
 Cases of rulers of defeated states seeking asylum on the territory of neu- traI powers are relatively rare in mod ern times, the most recent instance having been that of the Arab prince. who seized the throne Cf Zan- zibar on the death of the late Sultan, in the absence of the lawful heir and who, when called upon by the British suzerain power to withdraw, delied the English and trained the guns w..h which the palace was armed upon the British warShips in the klrbor. A few hours engagement resulted in the de- feat and flight Os the usurper. who, when he found himself hard pressed by the English land force, sought refuge at the German conusl generals whence he was conveyed on board d German man-Of-war's boat. to one of Emperor Williams cruisers There he found refuge and hospitality. England did not even demand his surrender, ac- knowledging the right of Germany to offer him asylum. A year or two af- terward, having established himself on the mainland in the eGrman East Af- rican colony. England made quiet rep resentations at Berlin against the prince being allowed to use German territory as a basis for intrigues against the present sultan.
 In 1885 King Milan narrowly escaped capture by Prince Alexander of Bat tenberg. Indeed, he would have been obliged to seek refuge on Austrian soil mad it not been for a discreditable in- trigue in which Queen Nathalie and the Austrian plenipotentiary at Bel grade-the latter making an improper and unauthorized use of his soVereiSn's name-played an important role.
 Emperor Napoleon III was too clev- erly trapped by the Germans at Sedan to enable him to carry out his project of seeking an asylum on Belgian soil, which he subsequently,, however, trav- ersed as a prisoner of war on parole on his way to the palace of Wilhelmshohe. which had been assigned to him by Emperor William as a residence during the remainder of the war.
 King Miguel of Portugal after being dethrOned by the partisans of his niece, Queen Marie Della Gloria, averted the imprisonment and death, which would | otherwise have fallen to his lot, by seeking refuge on board a foreign war ship lying a the mouth of the Tagus, which conveyed him to Trieste. In the same way the King and Queen of Ma ples, after the defeat of their troops bv King Victor Emmanuel and Garabaldi, found refuge on board a French war ship, which conveyed them to the pa pal port of Civita Vecchia, whence they made their way to Rome.
 Less fortunate was the first Napo- lecn, who, after the battle of Waterloo, sought refuge on board British man of-war. and claimed asylum and hos pitality, Instead of receiving either he was retained as prisoner and deport- ed to the remote island of Helena, where he died II is only fair to the English to add that if on this oc- casion, they denied the Emperor Ma poleon the asylum which he sought it was because by quitting Elba in de- fiance of h.s pledged word, and involv- ing the whole of Europe once more in a sanguinary war. he had placed ham- self in the same position as that of an officer who breaks his parole, and wflo thereby, forfeits all consideration due toqa nan of honor or to a gentleman