The sun., 1918-08-18
Exile as Punishment Is Unknown Here
How Great Britain
Sometim es Set S
Aside the Constitu-
tional Rights of Its
Citizens

the same way, if anything untoward were
TO happen to Philippe, Duke of Orleans,
who is childless and the recognized head
of the historic French dynasty of Bour-
bon, his younger brother Ferdinand, Duke
of MOntpensier, a frequent visitor to
America and familiar figure in New
York, would become, ipso fdeto, an exile
from his native land.
Other Gases Among Royalty.
Much in the same way that the Duke
of Orleans and Prince Victor Napoleon
are exiled from France, ex-King Man0el
and his widowed mother, Queen Marie
Amelie, have been banished from Portu-
gal. The late Don Carlos was forbidden
to set his foot on Spanish territory, and
this prohibition also extends to his son
aud L,ir, Don Jaime, Legitimist Pre;ender
to the throne of Spain. Brazil has re-
fused to permit Prince Louis of Orleans
Braganza, second son but heir of the ,
ey-Crown Princess of Brazil, to set foot
on Brazilian territory; and ex-Queen
Natalie, until the beginning Of the pres
e1t war, was barred from Serbia. In the
SINE way ex-King Constantine. his Ger
man born consort, Sophia of Hohenzol-
lcrn, and their eldest son, George, are
banished by Legislative act from Greece;
while the ex-Khedive Abbas remains ex-
eluded FROM Egypt.
Of course during the present war
military and political conditions have led
TO temporary suspension of civic rights
Thus, the English Government, By means
of the Defence of the Realm act, and also
by virtue of martial law, has not hesitated
TO deport from Ireland natives regarded
as constituting an element of disorder.
Indeed, out of Great Britain the Crown,
even in times of peace, is much less care
full about interfering with the eonstitu-
tional rights of the citizen. Thus Lord
Miner, while High Commissioner of Brit
ISL South Africa in 1904, ordered the han
ishment from all South Africa of the late
William T. Stead, editor of the London
Rerietc of Reriers, in consequence of the
speeches which he had been delivering in
Cape Colony, Natal and in the Transvaal,
denouncing the Government.
Shipped Labor Agitetors Away.
In 1914 Gen. Botha, Premier of the
South African Union, arrested ten English
labor leaders active in fomentine dis
turbances and shipped them to England,
his vigorous measures meeting with gen.
eral approval. The Viceroy of India, in
the same way, caused the expulsion from
India of Wilfrid Scawen Blunt for using
his prestige as former member of the
diplomatic service to encourage native Ma
tionalist agitators; and later Lord Cromer
banished Blunt from Egypt for making
trouble there.
There are other forms of Punishment
which differ, however, from those cited
above, in that they are arbitrary and theo-
retically Illegal. Thus there are few Gov
that do not virtually impose the
penalty of exile on persons guilty Of
crime by permitting them to leave the
country on the understanding that they
Will be thrown into prison and subjected
10 public trial and conviction in the event
Of their return. They are, in one word,
relieved of the legal stigma of felon as
Ong as they consent to remain abroad.
1t must be thoroughly understood, how
ever, that this form of expatriation is
since the authorities
ave no right to eoncede immunity from
penalties provided by the code nor to
felony by permitting a erirni-
lal to retain his liberty.
Still another form of Punishment is
hat to which the monarchs of Europe
subject those members of their family
who happen to incur their displeasure
The Grand Dukes Paul Alexandrovitch,