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Show CROMWELL'S WAY WITH MEN ) Lord Protector of England Held All to the Same Strict Account. ability. In tho dnys when Oliver Cromwell i wns lord protector of England tbero was no fine discrimination to favor members on an embassy. When such members committed crimes ngnlnst tho ' law of the hind they were held to tbo same npcouutablllty ns though they had been natives. So It was that on July 10, 1033, Don Pantnlcon Sa, u Portuguese noblcninn, brother of tho nmlmssndor from thnt country to Eng-lnnd? Eng-lnnd? nnd n knight of Mnlta, was beheaded be-headed on Tower hill. IIo had killed on Englishman, mistaking him for nn-other. nn-other. "The Portuguese took refugo with his brother, tho ambassador, who clnlmed that by the law of nntlons bis house wns nn Invlolnbto sanctuary for nil bis countrymen. Cromwell sent u messenger to state thnt If tho criminal wns not given up to tho civil authorities authori-ties the soldiers would he withdrawn from guarding tho embassy und tho mob left to do ns It pleased. Every effort was mado by tho Portugese und other nmbnssadors to savo Dou Pantaloon's Panta-loon's life, but without nvall. Cromwell Crom-well made no other reply thnn : "Blood bns been shed nnd Justice must bo satisfied." sat-isfied." Indianapolis News. |