Evening star., 1921-11-16
MADEIRA Is OCEAN PARADISE.
Unlike Napoleon, Charles Will
Spend Exile in Garden Spot.

Unllke Napoleon, CndTAes VIII
Spend Exile in Garden Spot.
| By the Associated Press.
| Banishment OF trouble making former
tmonarchs to islands of the sea Tar from
their one-time dOminions 10 an uncom-
mon procedure. but precedent Tor the
plight Of former Emperor Charles OIL
Austria is found in the historic case
iof Napoleon l, who passed six years
on ST. Helena in the south Atlantic, 700
miles from the nearest land, prisoner
more than Il century ago.
St Helena is not only much smaller
than Medeira. but. compared to the lat
ter. Is as "a devils island" to paradise.
Five-siXths of its area is devoid OF
vegetation. and, aside from an army
garrison. there are no big towns OF
other evidences Of life.
Madeira five times the size OF S..
Helena, is an ocean garden spot.
Funchal, It's chief city. has population
of more than 10000, and the island. one
of group OF four owned by Portugal.
produces some of the most famous wine
Land laces in the world. as we'll as an
abundance Of fruits. grains and sugar.
Oxen are mainly used for agriculture
instead of draft horses and other farm
ing methods are primitive. Less than
IL per cent of the people can read and
write.
| The Portuguese military garrison is
livery small, and Charles. Zita and their
3six small children, II the aimed power
Ipermit, may have every freedom eX-
cept an unchaperoned ocean voyaso
Napoleon was guarded day and nign,
by soldiers.
IL Port Of Call.
Madeira. the Portuguese word ic,
forest" is directly in the Atiantl"
iocean trade routes. St. Helena, a Brit
see a shin for DAYS Madeira is por'
OF call. and thus is kept in daily touci,
with the outside world. The island. i0'
miles west of Morocco. has temperatS
ithirty-five miles long aud elliptical IN
ishape Three other islands nearh!
icomplete the Madeira group They are
Porto Santos which, with Madeira
have a population of 10000, and the
Desertas and Selvagens. two smaller
Islands of volcanic origin. The latter
are uninhabited. rocky formations JUL
After the collapse of the central
powers in 1918, Charles and Zita
for three years. they lived with their
1 children. Last March the former
icmperor attempted coup d'etat by
icrossing the Swiss border and reach
ing the town of Steinamanger, Hun
gary, where, with prominent mon
larchists, he planned to enter Buda-
tpest. The plot failed and Charles
returned to SwitZerlandA Again, on
1October % last, despite his word
of honor" given to the Swiss authori-
ties that he would attempt no fur-
ither escapades. the former monarch
and his wife, during the dispute over
lBurgenland, flew in an airpiane from
lLucerne to Oedenburg. and ultimate
lily reached Raab, Hungary. where
Charles was received by an armed
party of royalfsts.
! Hapxburg Dynasty Ousted.
In a sanguinary effort to enter
Budapest. the Carlists were defeated
The former emperor and empress
were captured, and. finally, at the be-
jaboard British monitor in tn.
Danube. On November 3. the ex-
royal pair sailed for their future
home in the mid-Atlantic. On No
lvember the former emperor. VIII"
Ihis hereditary rights" was de-
throned. and the Hapsburg dynasty
was ousted from Hungary by law
passed by the Hungarian national
iassembly.
Napoleon's banishment in 1914 was
no less bitter. The former Empress
Josephine had died, and his living
iconsort. Marie Louise. with her son.
the little Prince of Rome. had gone
from Fontainebleau to Vienna fol-
lowing the emperor's abdication.
tceded to Napoleon the Island of Elba,
Fin the Mediterranean, and there. as
la sovereign" he might have passed
the rest of his life in peace and
tranquility. Eleven months Of re-
tirement, however. sufficed to spur
him to escape and new adventures.
\ British Transported Napoleon.
He had been brought to Elba aboard
the British warship Dauntless on April
100. with royal dignity and consideration
1.ooOs followers. he slipped out OF Porto
Ferrajo and then began the famous
"One Hundred Days" in which he
jsought to regain the throne of France
He gathered strength in men and guns
Paris. but his reign as Constitutional
monarch" was Of short duration. Great
Britain. Russia. Austria and Prussia
declared him an outlaw and raised
battle of Waterloo. the following
fJune. saw the end of his power.
The former emperor threw himself
upon the mercy Of the British. failing
in an effort to flee to the United States
He made overtures to Capt. Maitland
of the warship Bellerophon, who took
him to Plymouth, England, pending dis
position of his case by the allied powers
1t was finally decided to send him to
st. Helena. and there. guarded by
strong British force. he landed on Oc-
tober II, 1915. For six years he lived
lin practical solitude. writing his men,
oirs and monographs on military CAM
paigns and political affairs, dying on
NAV S, 1921, of a cancer which had been
aggravated by deep periods Of hatred
land depression. The British Gen
Wilkes. the first governor Of st. Helena.
g! proved too lenient with Napoleon and
'4oo amenable to his influence and.
as a result. was displaced some years
before the Corsican's death BY Sir
Hudson Lowe.