Republican farmer., 1919-07-18
NAPOLEON AS WAR CAPTIVE LIKED
 BY THE BRITISH.
Treated With Courtesy of
 Prince.
GAVE ACCOUNT OF
 WATERLOO BATTLE
Had Hoped Long To Visit
 United States.

One hundred and four years ago today, on July 15, 1915, Napoleon Bonaparte. the defeated and outlaw of France for the last tlme Throw ing himself upon the mercy of Eng , land he boarded the Bellerophon, and began that tragic journey which was to end on St. Helena. During the voyage to England, which occu- ped eight days, Napoleon was treat ed with distinguished respect, by Capt. Maitland and all the other off, cers and the members of the crew oe the Bellerophon. He was given all the consideration due to a foreign prince, and although the British gov ernment later ordered that he be treated only a general officer, ye- so completely had he won the admir- alton of all on board that there was l little change in his treatment.
 1 During the voyage the deposed Emperor conversed familiarity with l the officers, seamen and marines of i the Bellerophon. He discussed the 1 details of the battle of Waterloo at | great length, and expressed himself 1 freely and without reserve on all 1 questions connected with European | politics. He told Capt. Maitland that | he would have killed himself rather 1 than surrender to the Prussians, Aus | trians, or Russians. He expressed 1 the opinion that the sovereigns of | those countries were despoN and | would not have hesitated to order | his immediate execution had he fallen 1 into their hands. He added that in 1 throwing himself upon the gener-
 l osity of the English people and in | voking the protection of British laws 1 he hoped that he might be permitted l to settle in England and there spend the remainder of his life. He was l disa ppointed, he said, in failing in | his plans to reach the United States,
 1 as he entertained a lively affection
 for the new republic and it's people.
 1 and felt sure that he would have | been hospitably received.
 | In his many conversations he fre- l uuently asserted that he was forever l through with politics and ambition. l Before he left Rochefort he had re- | fused the invitatio of the French | Army of the Loire to place himself | at it's head, and he explained this &C., | ton by saying that he was determine l ed that not another drop of blood
 should be shed on his account. As | to his failure at Waterloo. ne inti- | mated that he had been betrayed by | some of his generals, and that their | defection left him no chance against | the bravery of the best troops in the | world. He was sometimes bitter in | his denunciation of those whom he
 accused of treachery, but for the most
 l part he was philosophic and appar- | ently content.
 According to his associates on the Bellerophon, Napoleon bore little re- | semblance to the thin faced and slender First Consul of France. One
 l of the officers of the Bellerophon l wrote: Napoleon Is about five feet seven inches in height, very strongly | made, and well proportioned. He Is | rather fat and his stomach protube- 1 rant. but he appears active notwith- | standing. His step and demeanor are altogether commanding. His chest Is broad and deep, and his legs and thighs are strong and well made. | with a small and handsome foot. His
 countenance Is sallow, as if 1t were deeply tinged by hot climates, but the most commanding I ever saw. His eyes are gray, and the most piercing you can imagine. His glance, you fancy, searches into your inner most thoughts. His hair is dark brown with no appearance of gray