Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-12-30

Charles was dethroned and the Hapsburg dynasty
was ousted from Hungary by law passed by the
Hungarian national assembly.
Portugal, (which owns Madeira, has consented to
the residence of Charles on the island and has
given assurances that she will prevent him from
making any further attempts to recover the cr0WE
Of st. Stephen That may be another story, since
Madeira contains many Germans who largely con-
troll the trade and industry Of the island. Beside
the government at Lisbon Is not the strongest In
the world or the most stable.
Anyway, it's pretty soft for Carl and Zita. They
are treated as hon0red guests by the governor,
Mai Acaclo Correa Pinto. Their only guard Is
plain clothes poiceman-and his principal duty Is
to keep off the beggars.
ITS bettern saving wood at Doom," the Jingle
says. 1t may be so. Holland is not pleased with
the residence of William Hohenzollern In her
boundaries The only reason she keeps him is her
time-honored tradition of refusing to surrender
political offenders who have sought refuge on her
SOIL He is TO all ntents and purposes prisoner
of state there Queen Wihelmlne's government
being determined that he shall have no opportunity
of making Holland the place Of any intrgues or
consplraces, either against the German republic
or against the powers Of the entente.
So far. William Hohenzoern has abstained from
abusing In any overt fashion the unwilling hospital
ity of the Dutch government. Anyway, he has
not been caught at It, and the government keeps
him under the closest supervision censoring his
mail and kilograms and keeping track of his VISIT
ors So he has not been guilty of breaking his
parole And though probably the most-hated man
In all the world, he can not be properly called an
international outlaw, as Is Karl Of Madeira. But
II he should ever take 1t into his head to escape
from the Netherlands, and to return to Germany,
In nv ua disturb the of EurOup he
would probably be promptly proclaimed by the
council Of ambassadors an international outlaw,
and would be fated to internment In some remote
Atlantic or Pacific island. He knows this And
that's why he's keeping quiet and saving wood
To name Napoleon and then Karl OF Madeira Is
strongly suggestive Of descending from the sublime
to the ridiculous. Yet 1t is interesting to recall
that Napoleon also broke his parole-the unpar-
donable sin in the eyes of the civilized world
Napoleon was compelled by the allies to abdl-
cate the imperial throne Of France In 1914. He
was treated with great consideration. He was per-
mltted by the allied powers assembled In congress
at Vienna to retain all his civic rights. He was
allowed to keep the title of emperor. He was
accorded for life the sovereignty of Elba, one OF
the most beautiful islands In the Mediterranean.
The honors due to sovereign were left to him.
He was assured of an annuity from the treasury
turn was that he should give his parole pledge his
most solemn and sacred word not to leave the
island or to take any steps. directly or indirectly
to plunge once more all Europe into the horrors
Of war.
few months later In 1915, Napoleon deliberate
ly broke his parole, quilted Elba in secrecy landed
in France, raised the standard of revolt against
King Louis XVIII and against the royal govern
ment which had been re-establshed In Paris Thus
he threw down the gauntlet to all Europe The
congress of Vienna still in session. united at the
Instance of the French penipotentiary, Prince
Talleyrand, in proclalming him an international
outlaw and as beyond the pale of honor and Of law
That is why Napoleon was not allowed to set
foot In England, where he had begged to be per-
mltted to spend the remainder of his days, and
was shipped Off to the lonely and remote island of
st. Helena, In the south Atlantic, to spend the rest