Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-12-19

Washington, Dec. 14.-Charles Of
Hapsburg may well thank the kindly
fate that handed him nice semi-trop-
ical island on which to be exiled. Ma
poleon on the lonely rock Of St. Helena
and the kaiser still in his Dutch castle
might well think that Charles has un-
usual luck to be dispatched to sunny
Madeira.
Compared with Napoleoa's life on
St. Helena, especially, the exile OF
ex-Emperor Charles seems an easy ex-
istence. The remarkably healthy and
even climate of Madeira attrIcts SO
many visitors that it is now a well
established winter resort. In the city
of Funchal, his new homA, Charles
will find plenty of company and amuse-
ment, If he cares to mingle with his
neighbors. He goes about freely, at
tended by one plain clothes man. In
fact, he is practically allowed to. live
the life OF any gentlemen OF leisure
in Funchal
Napoleon, on the other hand, was
treated at all times as q military pris-
oner. He might not receive company
without pass from the governor Of
st. Helena. He might not receive or
send uncensored letters.
The men who decided on the terms
Of his exile decreed that:
1T must be signified to the General
that If he make any attempt to fly,
he will be put into close confinement,
and it must be notified to his attend
ants that, if it should be found that
they are plotting to prepare the Gen
erals flight, they shall be separated
from him and likewise be under close
confinement.
'If there are strangers in the island
whose residence in the country shall
strumental in the flight Of General
Buonaparte, he (the AdmiraD must
take measures to remove them. The
Admiral will adopt the most rigorous
measures to watch over the arrival
and departure of every ship and to
prevent all communication with the
coast except such as he shall allow"
Napoleon might not even take a walk
without soldiers at his heels 50 in
censed did he become at this particular
restriction that he had long ditch
dug in which he proposed to take out
door exercise without making a public
spectacle of himself. It is said, how
ever, that he never made use of this
device after having it constructed,
though he grew steadily stouter from
W dAk VI EAcEClbS.
Pains of Exile
Napoleon was made to feel his con-
dition as prisoner even by the way
in which he was addressed It was
not permitted to refer to him as the
former emperor or to call him Ma
poleon. He was at all times General
Buonaparte." Charles of Hapsburg
may style himself ex-Emperor as
much as he likes. No one grudges
him that.
These two exiles. of course, are en-
influence and triumphs had been so
great that his captors never felt alb
solutely safe from his possible return
to power. Charles is much less dan
gerous prisoner. So, even though like
Napoleon he tries to come back and
even though airplanes make ascupe
much simpler for him, Charles is not
heavily guarded.
It was Napoleons escape from Elba
that made the restrictions of st. Hell
ena SO rigorous. The man who had
ruled most Of Europe was indignant
at the measures taken to prevent any
plots for escape or rescue But the
English took no chances One dia-
logue is quoted in which Napoleon
said:
You do not know my character.
You ought to have relied on my word
of honor
One of those present answered
might / tell you the truth?'
Napoleon assented.
II must then tell you. that since