Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-09-21
RULERS IN EXILE
undertaking Monarchs Who
Were "Set Down"
Case of the Late Emperor of Austria
and That of the Great Napoleon
Similar.

Punishment of trouble-making for
mer monarchs to islands of the sea
far from their one-time dominions is
an uncommon procedure, but prece'
dent for the plight of former Emperor
Charles of Austria Hungary, who was
recently exiled to Madeira, is found in
the Punishment of Napoleon |, who
passed six years on st. Helena in the
South Atlantic, 700 miles from the
nearest land, a prisoner, more than a
century ago.
st. Helena is not only much small
er than Madeira, but, compared to
the latter, is as "a devils island" to
paradise. Five-sixths of its area is de-
void of vegetation and, aside from an
army garrison, there are no big towns
or other evidences of life.
Madeira, five times the size of st.
Helena, is an ocean garden spot. Fun
chal, its chief city, has population
of more than 10000, and the island,
one of a group Of four owned by
Portugal produces some of the most
famous wine and laces in the world,
as well as an abundance of fruits,
grains and sugar. Oxen are mainly
used for agriculture, instead Of draft
horses, and other farming methods
are primitive. Less than 2 per cent of
the people can read and write.
The Portuguese military garrison is
very small, and Charles, Zita and
their six small children had every
freedom except that of an unchap-
eroned ocean voyage. Napoleon was
guarded day and night by soldiers.
Madeira, the Portuguese word for
forest" is directly in the Atlantic
ocean trade routes. st. Helena, Brit
ish naval coaling station, often doesn't
see a ship for days. Madeira is a port
of call and thus Is kept in daily touch
with the outside world. The island,
400 miles west of Morocco, has
climate. 1t is II miles wide
and 35 miles long and elliptical In
shape. Three other islands nearby
complete the Madeira group. They are
Porto Santos, which, with Madeira,
have population of 10000, and the
Desertas and Selvagens, two smaller
islands of volcanic origin The latter
are uninhabited rock formations jut-
ting out of the sea.
Napoleons Punishment in 1914 was
no less bitter than Charles. The for
mer Empress Josephine had died and
his living consort, Marie Louise, with
her son, the little prince of Rome,
had gone from Fontainbleau to Wen
ma following the emperor's abdica-
ton. Meanwhile the Allied powers had
reded to Napoleon the island Of Elba
IN the Mediterranean, and there as a
sovereign" he might have passed the
rest Of his life in peace and tranquil
ity. Eleven months of retirement,
however, sufficed to spur him to es-
cape and new adventures.
He had been brought to Elba |
aboard the British warship "Daunt- |
ess'' on April 20, with royal dignity |
md consideration. On the night of |
Feb. 20, 1915, with 1000 followers he |
slipped out of Porto Ferrajo and then !
,egan the famous Zone Hundred |
Days" in which he sought to regain
he throne of France. He gathered |
strength in men and guns as he
,rossed the Alps and marched on
Paris, but his reign as a constitution
L monarch" was of short duration.
treat Britain, Russia, Austria and
russia declared him an outlaw and
aised 10000 troops to crush him.
he lost battle of Waterloo the fol-
owing June saw the end Of his power.
The former emperor threw himself
pom the mercy of the British, failing
\ an effort to flee to the United
tates. He made overtures to Captain
of the warshlp Bellerophon,
Tho took him to Plymouth, Eng,
ending disposition of his case by the
llied powers. 1t was finally decided
} send him to st. Helena and there,
uarded by a strong British force, he !
lnded on October II, 1915.
For six years he lived in practical
olitude, writing his memoirs and
on military campaigns I
nd political affairs, dying on May
1921, of a cancer which had been I
ggravated by deep periods of hatred s
nd depression. The British General {
likes, the first governor of st.
elena, proved too lenient with Ma 3
,leon and "too amenable to his in
lence," and, as a result, was dis 3
aced some years before the Cor 3
cans death, by Sir Hudson Lowe. 8