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on him. Suddenly word IS. l,,,u,,
that an American ship lay n,a~ To-, ana
n messenger was rushed T.. ts Co.
mander to find out whether ao Wont,
| grant an asylum of safety g.. N, on,
lawed monarch. The Amerl,i. son CO.,,
tain said he would do SO glad but ha
fore his answer was brought Ick Na
| poleon decided that his SAT-. conrs.
was to throw himself upon yena,
oslty Of England.
Under orders Of haste Gor...,1 u.-
sent to England to ask of i.. De-
Regent permission for Napulcu ia livs
incognito in some obscure corner y,
| England under the assumed ..lmo q,
Duroc: and two days later the d -trac,o,
man sailed on the Bellerophup. beIn,
received on its deck with fuI. honor.
The ship touched at Torbay. Were cnS
rious thousands thronged To sps N.
Great Adventurer, and a few o. vs. Ia,
proceeded to Plymouth. Not Iu,.., of,.,'
ward Napoleon awoke to the fact tb,,
while Capt. Maitland Of the Be-. .opho,
had promised him temporary rriige I'M.
der the English flag, yet he had ca,a,
fully RETAINED from promising IN anv
way that Napoleon would escap ares,
and imprisonment.
For a time the Government 90 tn.
land was at its wits end. not invita-.
Just what to do with its distiup.I shat
guest Public opinion there wuuiI NO,
countenance the death penalty 40
punishment for political crime. and
the Prime Minister, Lord Livprpoo
Indicated the difficulties Of the situation
when he wrote to Castlereagh that hs
wished Louis XVIII. had CAPTURED
Napoleon before he fled from France
and had executed him.
Finally the suggestion came from
Austria that he be imprisoned for life
IN the most remote place which could
he found In the habitable world. tho
Island OF st. Helena. This idea wasN
favorably accepted, acts of Parliament
were passed providing for "A special form
OF government of the island. and its
use was borrowed from the East India
Compania, In control Of the tiny do
main. The allies asserted that Napoleon
was their common prisoner and each
reserved the right to send a representa-.
tive to st. Helena in order to make
sure that no second escape from
captivity could be possible: but they
yielded to England the right to deter
mine just what place he should be com
fined in.
II was on July 81 that a special en-
bassy representing the English Govern
ment announced the final decision, not
to the Emperor Napoleon. but address,
ing him simply as General Bona
parte." Then he was asked IL he had
anything to say in opposition to the
plan, and with calmness OF tone the
condemned man merely remarked that
he would leave final judgment to pos.
terity He wished to reside in England
and to acquire naturalization rights
therein. Owing to climate and other
reasons he could not live long in st.
Helena.
He was a defeated monarch he de-
clared, but a monarch still. and in
sisted on being treated as such until he
voluntarily changed his status. Finally
he asserted that he preferred death to
st. Helena. Not a little sympathy was
aroused in England by his bearing and
his tragic plight. and few feeble efforts
were made by sympathizers to plan for
his escape.
But Britain stood firm. He was taken
aboard the Northumberland. with a
suite Of thirty, and on October l6. 1915,
General Bonaparte" set foot on St
Helena.