The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25

his desire 70 be permitted to 30 to the
United States could not be counte-
nanced. Canada or the Cape OF Good
Hope might ave supplied a suitable
place of internment, but st. Helena
was the m place that offered posi-
tive assurance OF a safe confinement
within bounds; in the Azores a closer
watch would have been necessary. and
in Bermuda the exile could not have
had so much personal liberty. The
West Indian Islands were not sutii-
GENTLY Isolated.
AS to the climate. the pro-British
contention IS that Il IL not unhealthful
and that the prisoner made the worst
of IL by living in airless and heated
rooms. and then going ont at sunset
and exposing himself to the breeze at
the exact hour when there is a slight
fall OF temperature" lie did not have
~dysentery, the one disease that might
have been feared. $50 far az our
knowledge goes. the disease of which
he died would have killed him sooner
In any other part of the world"
OF the house at Longwood Sir Hud-
son Lowe frankly said that the situa-
ton was good. but the house made
quate. Offers to enlarge. even practi-
cally rebuild the house were, however.
repealed by the inmate. Constantly
complaining, Napoleon found unfalling
pretexts for rejecting tho proffered
amelioration. Napoleon did not de-
sire improvements at Longwood. or a
new house, or a summer residence.
h inadequacy OF the accommodation
gave him a legitimate grievance Also.
no doubt. II fostered an agreeable
sense OF temporary quality in the com
pulsory domiclle. Longwood furnished
a grievance too spectacular to be
easily relinquished. II was OF all the
possibilities the pleasantest and east
restricted.
Sir Hudson Lowe was a Br!t.sher OF
the 'bluf" type; he had none Of the
sraces OF the courtier, was 'stitf and
reserved" but honest and sincere. To
Napoleon he was the taller pure ard
simple. and II Is not difficult To i'm
aSine the restiveness OF the imperial
mind under restraint and the ingenuity
with which It would find pretexts for
rebellion. Mr.. Young's single concas-
sion on this point Is hat an attempt
might have been made 10 And a more
respondent and gracious personality
than the plain soldier who thought
merely OF his duty" but even his il
qualified by the reflection tina the
situation was made quite Impossible
by Napoleon's a~daptability. an easier
warder would have been open to the
charge OF having fallen under the
-, - -. -,ot,.. 49,
"England's agent for letting loose the
man slayer once more upon a terrified
Europe"
In a word. the authors finding ia
a the case against the British Gov.
eminent breaks down on all the chic.
heads. except that. though the title of
Emperor could not De given, that OF
General Bonaparte' should never have
been adopted; and Sir Hudson Lowe,
though an admirable choice In other
respects. was deficient in soc!a'
glamour Napoleon Jared better in
British hands than he could have
done anywhere else: Death or a fort
ress were the only alternatives any
whore on the Continent Of Europe
Assassination was what he feared ir
the United States"
In the second volume OF this .n.s-.
esting resurvey OF an old matter th'
last days OF Napoleon, his Illness and
death ere reported at length. Anec.
dotes are fairly numerous. as Of tn,
ex-Emperor. chased by a cow, leaving
his ladies 20 take care OF themselves
and the enemy. while he dashed 70,
the fence; OF his rudeness 10 Cockburn
and OF politics within the imperla
detention camp" Extracts from 81,
account books. 80 far from ~indica.lnl
insuficiency OF provisions. might h,
adduced as a high living explanation
for the III temper Of the prisoner.
A good. full book.