The Washington herald., 1914-11-08

the earth had come from the people and
course Of conquest was finished and he
had but a few years to live. Even II
len on the throne OF France he would
have been helpless seriously to disturb
the repose OF the nations.
But all that Is hindsight And IL would
have been unreasonable to expect any
foresight in the Tory lords, who con-
The monarchs Of Europe had from time
TO time made terms with Napoleon, but
the aristocracies never had relented in
alism and class privilege. When they
unhorsed him and caught him, there
fore, they imagined they had overthrown
and caught the French revolution it.
The aristocrats of the British cabinet,
when they found Napoleon in their power,
where It would be impossible for him TO
repeat his Elban exploit. They sought
as well to avenge their caste by visit
Ing him with their petty spite.
frankly owned that he lad wished THE
king OF France would hang or shoot
him." But since his life had been
spared. his lordship regarded ''St Helena
as the one place in the world the best
calculated for the imprisonment of such
person" The duke OF Wellington may
have been unduly enthusiastic when he
pronounced the climate there charming
but the wide horizon even OF st. Helena
must be preferable to the narrow walls
Of the Tower OF London or Of any cas-
tie. The eagle surely would have found
II hard to bear such close confinement
as he himself provided for Toussaint
IOuverture, Ferdinand of Spain and Plus
st. Helena naturally commended itself
as place where there would be the
greatest security against escape with the
colonial secretary. disclosed the spirit
that animated him and his fellow-nobles
in making the choice when he rejoiced
that .'Bonaparte's existence will soon be
that distant island.
After four days OF suspense aboard the
Bellerophon IN Plymouth Harbor, a sus-
pense which the central figure bore with
out any outward sign of the strain Ad-
miral Lord Keith appeared and, entering
Napoleon's cabin, read to him the order
veyed to st. Helena. The distinguished
condemned made his protest quietly and
in Few sentences. Apparently he did
nothing 70 render the task Of his visitor
Keith exclaimed: Damn the fellowI II
he had obtained an interview with his
royal highness the prince regent, in half
friends in England" :
in a written remonstrance Napoleon
protested in the face Of heaven and
come on board the Bellerophon, he was
entitled to the treatment Of a guest and
that In treating him as a prisoner,
violence had been done his most sacred
rights; Having lodged that document
with history. he accepted the situation
with remarkable calmness, aithongh he
described his exile as worse than Tain
erlane's iron couch"
The BanIshmenf.
The orders of the government allowed
the captive to choose three officers to be
has companions and a physician to at
tend him in his captivity. There never
was more anxious rivalry for his
favor when he sat on the throne OF |
France than there was now for the !
privilege Of sharing his exile while the
little company that had come with him |
on the Bellerophon awaited his selec-
When the time came for him to mass
TO the Northumberland. those whom he |
had been obliged to omit from the list |