Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-10
ST. HELENA THE HOME
OF KINGS WHO We LOST
Lone Island Fit Place for Enter
tainment of 'eposed Mon
archs; 1900 Miles From
Nearest eighbor.

y :
is The entertainment OF deposcd mon
archs, has good economic reasons for It's
reported desire to have the Kaiser for
prisoner, SAYS y bulletin from the Ma
tional Geographic Society's Washington
headquarters.
Napoleon was It's most famous and
hest paving guest. though not tho only
one Dlni7nIu, n Zulu king, was more
recent exile. sent there after he led a re-
hellion against the British during the
Transvaai in 1880 Will, Napoleon WAS
Mt st Helena 'proGteering ri the expense
Of the Bonapartc household aud the
numerous members Of the garrison sent to
guard him wns reduced to n fine art i'Y
the island citizens
an fact il va- tic high rest Of -
Helena living Nhieh creaftd patf 6i tic
friction between Napoleon and ib ffftish
governor II illc ISLAND, ~ Hudson l.aWe
Instead of leIng within fhc 4s.tht0 allow
81 FOR maintenance of bonaparte and the
half hundred mrrbcr- of hl- fnfeurage.
the hil- tor = wear amounted to tffst
Tunes tfg,t I'm pon complaint 81 the
ooypr,ar unlch \apnloon uetnted ths
n monar,li executed > tai II flav e H.
galleries l,y ordering hl- ils.l sid md
his h,d broken III fnf Nood vhleh. Whsa
reportrd ~ England. created g much
criticism ~ thc governor. alreds non
ioo popular. that further ramonstraiees
wire not made
'.N,nnl,ons wants vcre fep II.
pr,nripal hlNurv vas lonks ms diversions
chess pla4lne and digging n li- gafaeH
like tho former I<al~cr. he .pent nanE
hours with the Htllc IL pral, 5sed ~
p,rty. however. lranklY admitting lint
h. <as making 4 ~f4dy u certain oil
Testament hoof, IL show that nianarefacs
hid Divine sanction. and he also spok5 oi
wanting to write j monograph on ~
Campaign 81 Moses
"Sncc 81 Helena = Aon0 dNl Hais-
from thu nearest land ASCENSION island.
and POO mites from hc nearesi Aifleaft
port the extreme precautions taken -
Lowe TO prevent tho escape q fe inan
Who once had ruled half 81 iufape fre-
atcd considerable amusement NIr Had-
son was greatly disturbed one daA - ilnd 4
newly arrived CorNican prlfst rltilng horse-
back in a coat similar 20 Napoleon :, iT-
heylnr the compatrIat involved il plot
10 deceive the guards he French com
missioner complained that the sight 81 :
ra>>lnc dog Wa~ enough 10 indtice 5f1e
Governor Ia plant a new sentinel On 5ls
spot. b0t perhaps the most eNtreIae q liz
many amusing stories ot loves Setied .a.ie
V.o th. occasion of his protest agains
Napoleon- planting some "htfe tifsd sr.9a
g,Yn~ sensing II this combination ot eoi9rs
!. -t4tile 4llll~lon g. the whit e42 a 1h,.
Rourtons and the distinctive sf,th Uni
form oi the general
wing almost wholly itftti fNo
room. and III p.ar,In N.naleoa INSISTED
~. IN he la.ii.l, and rrTemouN posi1te Ia
such rraf!.te.l ,rarterS SIN hts com
n4nton~ u.r....a!lN uc7, much II hfS
presence. his m~i-tenee lHsaH tht5f stand
ing -omeInl5- brought thyn o he point
ii lairtlng None rleht .laak anless
~pokeo 10 md .ll heeam. extremely
bored with oas ri III, IN Il -hautx involving
..lI the l.ar,itt- without afA u The spiea.
,lors of i Ittilge
~ frst The exile rod. horseback. tut
soon araidontd taat rather thaH lstTe III
English alaTd along liz ssaluslan S ht@i
ttfeSted by the fact thai iut hVs 81 hls ~
wears stay he dId not 80 naHEE Il Wafd
with the governor, AND u In, Ire soi1,
missioner, Russian Austrian s-Hst tftaet
solo,lrning there bt the PROVISIONS eI
The treaty TO assure themselves oI hl-
nrSence one saw hun through a teis.
/ s,ore once. a second looked into h!- t9et
for the first tim, when hc vas To b haIlel
and the third SAW him not at I'll
Napoleon day at St iieiena wer'
not wholly devoted to killing tlIae II,
dictated hls vol0miaoLs memoir ~,
military commentaries. "iIle 4 htaber o
his associat4s later added II Ties slaraes
! conversations and iHtmons q theit ON
inaccurate of deliberately misleading Il
large part Vow TN. activity would b
called propaganda il MS highly cite
tive propaganda too. Though Napoleon
escape waS prevented bX NIEIiaHe. 10 II
absurd degree and though Il. effect q
! ms winning personality VS. 9ialelt1
against fort idding Nisltoi- ta z,e INN II
writings and those al Mont o. II tnd IL
Case; resulted IN the royal.sfle iiarelaeI
that put his nephew on tie ihfang 9
France. Ii va. to Napoleon III tina
Queen Victoria presented laheWaad
where Napoleon liNed ani .itst.Nhtie n
st Helena
.Geographically II Helena Is peculiar
Is hftrd for au island PRISON ils yaleani
formation accounts for i ilalf circle &
mountains which permit only one l3nelln
place that a the island single port 4hi
city. Jamestown lutnhabIttd Mhcn tti-
covered ten wears after ohImhu~ sale
for America he island Wts settled L
Brush. Dutch and Portuguese La III
os1vs al sailing vessels and before til
Sucz Canal Was opened the islands thriS
ed by providing supplies for passing vs.
sels With the passing Of tins market f
their meats and vegetables the island
principal Industries Waned and the II
hamtant9 JIWndled until there are no
only a50nt : 500 persons q compare
with twice that many resident 80 yeaI
ago The island belongs 70 0,reat Brlta.
and is administered directly bY th
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