The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-05

Charles was dethroned and the Hapsburg dynasty
was ousted from Hungary by a 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 crown
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 honored guests by the governor,
Maj. Acacio Correa Pinto, Their only guard Is a
plain clothes policeman-and his principal duty Is
to keep off the beggars.
Its better'n saving wood at Doorn,'' 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 intents and purposes a prisoner
of state there, Queen Wilhelmine's government
being determined that he shall have no opportunity
of making Holland the place of any %intrigues or
conspiracies, either against the German republic
or against the powers of the entente.
So far, William Hohenzollern 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
if he should ever take it into his head to escape
from the Netherlands, and to return to Germany
or in any way to disturb the peace of Europe, 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
Sh-x.~ n Hn5S 1norirr rfrst M Sovvfn~ Won
To name Napoleon and then Karl of Madeira Is
strongly suggestive of descending from the sublime
to the ridiculous. Yet it 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 abdi-
cate the imperial throne OF France in 1914. He
was treated with great consideration. He was per-
mitted 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 a sovereign were left to him.
He was assured Of an annuity from the treasury
of France, and all. that was asked of him ain re-
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. 1873 ...mt-f->,. sr r. -
A few monthslater, in 1915, Napoleon deliberate
aly broke his parole, quilted Elba In secrecy, landed
in France, raised the standard of revolt against
King Louis XVI and against the royal govern
ment which had been reestablished In Paris. Thus
he threw down the gauntlet to all Europe. The
congress ct Vienna, still in session, united at the
instance OF the French pIenipotentiary, Prince
Talleyrand, In proclaining him an international
outlaw and MS beyond the pale OF honor and OF law.
That Ii why Napoleon was not allowed to set
foot In England, where he had begged to be per-
nitfed to- spend the remainder OF his days, and
was shipped on to the lonely and remote island of
St. Helena, In the south Atlantic, to spend the rest