Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-11-18
BETTER THAN ST. HELENA
Isle of Madeira Should Suit EN-
,peror Charles as Place Of Exile.

perer Charles as Place Of Exile.
Every healthy boy dreams longingls
of life on an island, but ex-emperors
don't seem to like islands single bit
saws the New York Sun. Just expert
ment with the next ex-emperor you
meet--look him in the eye ID say
81 know a nice little island" and see
If he doesn't get cold chill. That's
why it's always painful job to "see
off" ones ex-emperor friends wher
they're embarking. under the best In
ternational auspices, not to mention a
smart military escort for some lovely
lonely island with d very superior
scenery and a peach Of climate, ex-
emperors are so emotional, you know
Napoleon on his way to st, Helena
was dreadfully peevish, and now poor
Charles has an advantage over Napo-
Madeira, after "A sorry sendoff which
made his sailing melancholy AFFAIR
Charles has an advantage over Napo-
leon in being accompanied into exile
their children, who are soon to be
Increased in number. Napoleon mad
only a bevy of old marshals and oth-
er hangers .on, who could hardly sup:
press their yawns when the eX-eri-
press Dragged of his victories. g :
Charles is worse off than Napoleon
in. one respect, and that Is that ne
hasn't any victories to brag or He
never was master Of Europe. He never
saw the streets of Cairo. AS an eXiled
ex-emporer he lacks what the high
brows call background. He's just a
good looking young cavalry officer OF
royal blood, boosted Unexpectedly into
the throne of the Hapsburgs during
the war and now left waiting at the
church." as vesta Victoria used to
sing. "'f
In the matter of islands, Charles has
Napoleon beaten, a, block. Madeira is
as superior to St. Helena as Palm
Beach is to South Beach, Staten Island,
Mareira has reputation. 1t gave its
name to an admirable wire, of which a
rare old cask was once considered a
propitious and gentlemanly legacy
from ones grandfather. And it's quite
a fashionable refuge for high~S life
elopers from England.
If Napoleon could have had troops
Of gay young elopers to harangue
about his victories instead Of that
bunch of weary old. campaigners he
might have lived much longer. But his
island was picked out for him as the
most God forsaken spot on earth and
the least likely to be the scene Of
another escape from Elba.
1t had been just coaling station for
ships sailing between England and the
Cape of Good Hope. It's inhabitants
were few and uninteresting, socially
quite beneath the regard OF an eX-em-
peror. The island itself was just the
summit, of an ancient volcano, rising
2,7OO feet above the sea, with an area
of forty five square miles. In the
centre was an old farmhouse, Long
wood, in %hi6h Napoleon spent his last
plump and petulant years, presiding
over a bored little imitation court,
spattlng with the English governor OF
the island and thinking up grandilo-
quent phrases for his will.
The life Of genius is marked by vio-
lent extremes. st. Helena was the
grim contrast made necessary by the
imperial grandeur of the Corsicans
heyday. But Charles, whose adven-
lures have been tame affairs compared
to Napoleon's is to have timely
pleasing exile. No savage loneliness Is
possible in Medeira, for the island Is
exceptionally thickly populated for a
territory without small town-almost
500 to the square mile.
Doubtlessly the Portuguese govern
ment which governs the little volcanic
group as a province Of the republic,
viii provide Charles and Zita with a
suitable residence. There is popula-
ton of 14S,26S, including many negroes,
who do all the hafd work The island,
with it's 300 square miles, is more than
six times larger than st. Helena
Mountains intersected with deep
gorges rise to height of 1000 feet.
Charles may find fair hunting there.
Or ne might go in for growing grapes
and making the wine Of the country.
The climate is delightful when dust
storms don't blow across the ocean
from Morocco. The little Hapsburg
children can grow up there under the
healthiest conditions. Unless the exile
of Charles extends to his offspring,
most of them will doubtless elect TO
leave the island for their schooldays
and for subsequent serious business of
life, which even Hapsburgs have to
consider nowadays.