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Who is Don Carlos

Don Carlos, the Spanish insurgent chief,
belongs to rebellious family. The re-
bellion in which he has been the leader
for several years in Northern Spain, is only
the last of series of instructions which
that country has suffered at the hands Of
its members. Don Carlos, like his uncle,
and grandfather before him, is fighting
for the Spanish throne, which he regards
as his by right. In order fully to under
stand the reason of his claim, it is necessary
to 60 back more than forty years
In the year 1880 Ferdinand VII, a weak,
indolent man, was King of Spain. His
Queen, princess of Naples, was. on the
other hand, strong -willed and ambitious
woman: she was the fifth wife that Fer
dinand had led to the altar.
They had one child-the Infant Isabella.
Ferdinand's second brother was Don Car
los the grandfather of the present Don
Carlos. By law, or custom which had
required the force of law, females were not
eligible to the Spanish throne. Isabella,
therefore, was excluded, and Don Carlos.
was heir, who should succeed when Ferdi-
,nand died.
But Queen Christina, Ferdinand's wife,
was not satisfied with this. She cajoled
and threatened Ferdinand, until he at last
consented, with the approval of his Parlia-
ment, to set aside Don Carlos, entitled to
the throne at his death.
He died in 1888, and Isabella became
Queen Of Spain when she was three years
old. with her mother, Christina, as regent
of the kingdom. Then began the first
Carlos" rebellion. Don Carlos, declaring
that he had been defrauded of his right,
which was to mount the throne when his
brother Ferdinand died, lost no time in
waging war upon his infant niece and her
strong minded mother; and this war he
kept up in the same vicinity where his
grandson is now established, for several
years.
The Queen Regents vigor, however, rem
dered his every effort vain; and at last,
weary of fruitless fighting, deserted by
multitudes Of his soldiers and exhausted
in money and arms, Don Carlos. retired to
France, where he lived in sullen retirement
for the rest of his days.
The second Don Carlos was his oldest
son. He made several attempts, between
1S45 and 1861, to invade Spain; but Spain
was then governed by vigorous statesmen
vasions were easily repelled. This Don
ult(I outluCHlN III 1OO1.
The burden of the Carlist cause now de-
volved upon Don Juan, his younger bro
ther; but Don Juan, unlike the rest Of the
family, was not fond of fighting, and pre-
ferred the luxuries and Incidence of
quiet residence in France to the chieftain-
ship of bands of rebels in the Pyrenees-
He had married Maria Beatrice, Arch
duchess Of Este, daughter Of the Duke
of Modena; and he gave his eldest son,
who wss born in 1S49, the traditienas
family name of Carlos.
When this DoSwas old enough TO c. "a
actively upon rEe scene. Don Juan al -
Gated his claimed right to the Spanish
throne in his favor. It was six years Ago
that this third Don Carlos, the same who
is now at the head OF the Carlist forces,
took command of them, he being then but
nineteen years of age.
Don Carlos was brought up to believe
that his right to govern Spain, whether
Spain wishes it or not, rests upon Divine
! authority. His early years were spent in
the sombre seclusion of monastery in
Styria, an Austrian province. There the
monks treated him as If he were king,
and at the same time instilled the most
autocratic ideas into his mind. He was
taught military exercises, and soon acquir-
ed a taste for military life, such as his
father had not, but such as distinguished
his grandfather and uncle of the same
name.
He is described by those who have seen
him as Of medium height, full and strong
. in body, very dark in complexion, with
large dark eyes and thick, stubby, jet-bIack
hair and beard.