Show lis of Exile for Former Hapsburg Royalty Not Like That of Napoleon Madeira Is Beautiful Well Populated and in Striking Striking ing Contrast to Deserted Spot Where French Emperor Died FUNCHAL Madeira Nov 19 Bythe bythe By fey ByI I t the Associated Press Press Former Former Emperor Emperor Emperor Em Em- Charles of Hungary Austria-Hungary and his wife Zita arrived here this morning morn mornIng ing lag on board the British battle cruiser Cardiff to begin beg their life of exile re recently recently recently re- re decreed by the Hungarian na national national national na- na assembly Banishment of trouble making former monarchs to Islands of the sea far from their one time dominions Is an uncommon procedure but precedent precedent prece prece- dent dent for the plight of former Emperor Empe Empe- Charles of Hungary Austria-Hungary who has been exiled to Madeira Is found In Inv the historic case of Napoleon I who passed six years on St. St Helena in the south Atlantic miles from the nearest land a prisoner more than thana a century ago St. St Helena Is not only much smaller than Madeira but compared to the latt latter r is as a devils devil's island to paradisE para para- dise sixths of ot its area Is devoid devoid devoid de de- de- de I void of vegetation n and aside from an army garrison there ar are arene big towns or or- o thEr of life I r Madeira five times the size of St. St Helena is an ocean garden spot Funchal Funchal Funchal Fun- Fun chal Its chief city has a n. population of more than and the Island one of 01 a group of four owned by Portugal Portugal Portugal Por Por- has 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 if the allied powers permit may have every freedom except ex except except ex- ex an In ocean voyage Napoleon was guarded day and night by soldiers I ON TRADE ROUTES i Madeira the Portuguese word for forest is directly in the Atlantic trade routes St. St Helena a British naval coaling station often otten doesn't see a ship for days Madeira is a port of call can and thus is kept In dally daily touch with the outside world The island miles west of Morocco Morocco Morocco Mo Mo- rocco has a temperate climate Itis It Itis is tw twelve lve miles wide thirty five thirty miles miles long and nd elliptical in shape Three other islands nearby complete the Madeira Madeira Ma Ma- ra- ra deira deim group They are Porto Santos which with Madeira have a population population population tion of and the and antI two smaller islands of volcanic vol vol- vol- vol canic canie origin The latter are uninhabited uninhabited uninhabited habited rocky formations Jutting out the sea After Arter the collapse of the central powers in 1918 Charles and Zita sought refuge in Switzerland where for three years they thoy lived with their children Last March the former emperor emperor emperor em em- pe attempted a coup by crossIng crossing cross cross- Ing the Swiss border and reaching the t. t town wn of ot Hungary here with prominent monarchists he planned to enter Budapest The plot failed hind ind Charles returned to Switz Switz- erlan erland Again on October 22 last despite e his word of honor given to the Swiss Sf authorities that he he would attempt no further escapades the farmer f rm l' l an and 1 11 Ills is wife during dur dur- Jn ing the dispute over Burgenland flew flow flewIn flewin In an airplane from Lucerne to hi rg and ultimately reached Raab Hungary Hungar where Charles was received by an army party of royalists royalists' In a sanguinary effort to enter Bu- Bu cip st the were defeated Tho The t fr ff emperor and empress were captured and finally at the behest cf vf the little entente placed aboard a British monitor In the Danube On November 3 the royal ex-royal pair sailed for tor their future home In the mid mid- I Atlantic On November 4 the former emperor who had per persistently refused to renounce his hereditary rights was was dethroned dethroned d. d and the Hapsburg dy dynasty dynasty dynasty dy- dy nasty nasty was ousted from Hungary by bya a law passed by the Hungarian national national na na- na as assembly NO LESS BITTER Napoleons Napoleon's banishment in in 1814 was no less fitter bitter The former Empress Josephine Josephine- had died and his living consort con con- sort Mario Louise with her son the little Prince of Rome had gone from Font blell to Vienna following following- the emperors emperor's abdication Meanwhile the allied powers had ceded to Napoleon the island of Elba in the Mediterranean sovereign h nean nenn and there as a he ly might have passed the rest lest of his his lire life 1 In peace and tranquillity Eleven months of r retirement however sufficed sufficed suf suf- to spur him to escape and new newa adventures a He had been brought to Elba aboard the British warship Dauntless on April 20 with royal dignity and con cOn- On the night of February February February he h ary 26 26 6 1815 1811 18 li with 1000 followers and then out of Porto slipped hundred days began began th the fanous famous one one Continued on page 2 t ISLE OF I C Continued from page 1 in he sought to regain the tzon of ot France He gathered 1 S 5 S. S S I strength in men and guns uns as he crossed tl Ue tle e Alps and marched on Paris but buthis buthis his Ills reign as a constitutional monarch monarch mon men arch w was s of short duration Great Graat Britain Russia Austria and Prussia declared him an outlaw and raised troops to crush him The lost battle of Waterloo the following June saw the tho end of his power The former empe emper r threw himself tho the mercy of the British failing failing failing fail fail- ing in an effort to flee lee to the tho United States Slates He made nade overtures to ap tam Maitland of the warship Bellero- Bellero phon who took him to Plymouth England England England Eng Eng- land pending disposition of his caseby caseby case caseby by th the tbs allied powers It was finally decided ci to send him to St. St Helena and there guarded by a strong British Brit Bri tish t- t ish force he landed on October 17 1815 For six years he lie le lived In practical practical practical solitude writing his memoirs and phs on military camJ campaigns and political affairs dying on May fay 6 5 1821 of a cancer which had been aggravated aggravated aggravated aggra aggra- by deep periods of hatred and depression The British General Wilkes the first governor of St. St Eelena Helena Helena Hel Eel ena proved too lenient with Napeleon Napoleon Napoleon Napo Nape leon and too loo amenable to his Influence ence enc and as a result was displaced some years b before before- forC the Corsicans Corsican's de death th by Sir fir H Hudson s n LoweS Lowe S 'S d S f pg I L 5 |