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imous in their support, and will gain fresh cour-
ago and rally around him with increased zeaA
aud determination, while their opponents arc 60
divided into factions that thoy cannot present
an uubroken front to their enolnies.' Ihe ac1lon
of the Republicans in the Cortes, In the lace OF
tba abdication. is sufficient Indication OF the
intrirues. if not open violence, which must fol"
low when the Liberals, Conservatives, ana 1'ao'-
calls are fairly a,rayed against each other. Tue
swarm OF Communists focHng to Madrid 1roa
London. Paris. and Brussels will not Improve
the situation, but, on the other hand, WILL
| add to the existing complications, and make tbe
contingency more alarming even than that
ut Paris at the close Of the Franco-Germ2n
war. as the Republicans have not only to protect
themselves against tho Communists, but the
CarliBts also. as we'll as the adherents Of Don
Alphonse and the Duke OF Montpensier.
|. A elight sketch of the three claimants, who
will NOW press their pretensions to the throne
with renewed vigor, will make the situation more
intelligiblo. The strongest Of these is Don Car-
los, who is now in France. The original Don
Carlos de- Bourbon Don Maria Isidor) wes the
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second son Of Charles w., the other Two
sons being Ferdinand VII. and faolo
D'Asaisi. After the expulsion Of the French
from Spain. Ferdinand VII. assembled the throne,
| but as he married. thrice without issue, Dop
| Carlos conceived strong hope that he would
sncceed his BROTHER Ferdinand, however, mar
.ied the fourth time, and this marriage resulted
! ia MI fmaRn.
ealique law, excluding females from the throne'
had been abroeated by Ferdinand at the instiga-
tim Of the notorious Maria Christina, his
fourth wife, and, upon his death, lsa-
bella ascended the throne, and Don Carlos,
who had pressed his claim, was declared
rebel and banished. He maintained mock
court for some time in France, and finally abdi-
Gated. in 1914, in favor Of his son, also named
Don Ca1ldk, Count OF Montsmolin, who instigat~
ed several revolts, and finally WAS made prison.
or in 1860. He died the following year. The
present Don Carlos, whom the Ca1lists repre-
sent, is Ferdinand, the brother OF the Count OF
Montemolin The latter was arrested with his
brother in 1860, and both we're liberated, after
the latter had written and signed
renunciation Of all his claims to
the spanish throne. Against this
act Ferdinand has registered his protest, and
h.s never omitted IN opportunity to press his
claim. Almost every year, since the death Of
his brother, has Witnessed Carlist uprising, the
present inBu1rection being apparently the most
formidable Of all.
The next strongest claimant to the throne
although he has no claim by descent, Is the Duke
of Montpensier, the fifth sonof Louis Philippe
and Queen Marie Amelie whose marriage with
: Marie Louise, sister OF Isabel1a IL, nearly
t brought about = rupture between FRANCE
> and England, and whose name in con-
nection with the Spanish throne in the present
crisis has already led the German paPera to hint
that the ablication Of Amadeus has been caused
bv French intriguee. After the fight Of Isabella,
and during the Regency, tho Duke obtained per
I mission to become candidate for the vacant
. throne. but all chance Of his being elected was
. lost bv his fatal duel with the lnfante Don
: Enrinuo de- Bourbon, his cousin, for which he
: Was tried by court martial and sentenced to
it 6ne aud Punishment, since which time he
q has resided in Paris. At the time OF tho elec'
8 tion Of Amadeus by the Cortes, in 1870, he re-
caived but ~ votes out of s11. That he is about
Q to institute operations against the Republicans
o | IL shown already by the latest dispatches,
3. meeting having been held on Wednesday last a
10 the residence Of the DUO d'Auna1e, his brother
= ,t which large sum Of money Was subscr1bee
= for his assistance.
8. The third claimant OF the throne is Don Al
8 nhonae Prince OF Asturias, the only son OF 1sa
rs be1a in whose favor she renounced her claims t.
the throne in June 1870, atthe time OF her 1o1na
% ahdication. His claim to the throne, however
10 ia hut feeble one at best. In the election
70 1870. he received but two votes out OF the oAl
y Tho unanimity Of the feeling against his mother
70 which WAS shown by an uprising Of the Who'll
Id neople against her, without regard to factios
u s1tends also to the son. so that the two faction
1e apsinet which The Repubic viii have to consen
in ,1a the oa1lists and the Montpsnssllerists, th
de former having the advantage Of being already
to the field and Of holding possession o. .a!: a
SO important provinces, scattered bands - wy
hs eyap having sppoared ia the immediate ne'sf
ch borhood Of Madrid, The prospects are gloom
Id for the Republic, as the Republicans are DIVIDE
ke .eainst each other. The outlook indicates on
u" civil strife and anarchy resulting in the trump
ag ~ Don Carlos or the Duke OK Montpens!e
i'd The foundation Of the Republic is too weak an
in disinteg7ating to sustain the structure -
o. statesman who can bring ordar out Of this chao
BIZ md make The conflicting Republican e!eneF
u' cohesive, does not set appear:
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:: IT.. conon,ittaa of the Iowa Legislature