On Mas-a-tierra Island, 400 miles off the coast of Chile, one Alexander Selkirk was abandoned by his shipmates of the sailing ship Cinque Ports after quarreling with the captain, Thomas Stradling. Four years and four months later he was rescued, told his tale in London, and was fictionized for posterity as "Robinson Crusoe"* by Daniel Defoe. Last week Dictator Premier Carlos Ibanez of Chile announced that the Chilean "Reds" recently arrested by his agents (TIME, March 7) would be exiled on Mas-a-fuera Island, 100 miles west of "Robinson Crusoe's Island," supplied with tools...
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