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Jul 9 ut6Nus Inc btuJ Will De DuTleu nY
the side of that OF Charles Y. The will of
the count will be opened in the presence Of
high officials of the Austrian court.
Biographical.
The Count de Oh msord and Duke de Ror-
deau1 is the head Of the elder branch OF he
Bourbons, and wac BORN in Paris, September
80, 1920. He wss the son Of Prince CHARLES
Ferdinand d'Artois, Duke de Berri, one of
the princes Of the Two Sicilies. He was
born six months after his fathers ssssssius-
ton, and was called the "child OF mirscle,n
A recent account OF him says: "No birth
ever caused more rejoicing TO the CoDserva-
tives throughout Europe than that of Henri
Charles Ferdinand Marie DieuGonne, Of
France, or September 90, 1920, for the want
CT an heir 20 the two sons of CHARLES Y
seemed to pressge the revival of the Repuo-
lican and Bonaparfis: factors, which had
been etisctu ally crushed in 1915, after lhir-
teen years OF war. But there was nothing
new or young about the restored royal
family to draw the French people
toward The princes whom thes had
driven into exile, and who had all subse-
quentlJ carried arms against their future
subjects, and been forced bacE upon them by
t reign troops. The Jacobius, in 1920, were
alre ady beginning to reassert Themselves by
violent attacks on the royal family in the
public press; and in the previous February
the Dac de Berri had fallen a victim to an
assassin, VIII Sc ouly motive, ii appeared, was
to dertroy the last hope of a deeoendsnI to
thc cider Burton IaCt. To tie old irs;,i-
mlsts about ihec court, the very day on which
tie dukes posthumous son came into the
world clearly pointed out the work prepared
for him. 1t was the feast of S.. Michael,
the slayer Of the dragon, and the infant was
doubtless destined 10 crush tn hydra Of
revolution and anarchy" Although Charles
Y, soon after the outbreak Of the revolution
OF 1880, resolved to sbiicate in his favor,
and in presence OF the iro1 ps msde a procla.
nation under the lille Of Henry V, the Count
de Chamhord WIS compelled to quit the coun-
try, and fled 10 the palace of Hoiyrooj. He
completed his education by travel in Germany
and Italy. In 1S43 he resided in B.lgrave
Square, London, where be made a kind Of
political debut, and asserted his claim. TO the
crown Of France, receiving with royal ETH
quette the leading legitimists. 10 1858 its
said that a co npact was concluded between
the count and the Orleans princes by which
the claims OF the elder and younger branches
Of the house of Bourbon were ABUSED, but
no attempt was mad at that time 10 SEIZE The
throne. The count came into political
prominence in 1870, after the disaster Of
Sedan ana the fall OF the empire. From The
Swiss frontier he addressed a proclamation
TO France, under the date of October oh. In
it he promised 10 expel the foreigners from
France aud Insure the integrity OF its terri.
tory, if the people would rally around him.
In January Of the following year hs al
dressed a protest to all The governments OF
Enrope against the bombardLIent OF Paris.
After The aud the meeting of the
National Assembly, he issued, on May Slh,
another manifesto 10 favor of the Traditional
monarchy, asserting that he did not
claim unlimited power, but wished TO be The
he'd of a representative COVER ment. This
manifesto ended with the phrase which be.
cauo celebrated: "Tbe word rests with
France; the time with God" In auo,her
PROCLAMATION Issued July 5, 1871, he for the
frat time 10 q public document assumed the
title of king. The repeal of the laws of ex-
lie permitted him TO resite for a time in
France, and hopes were entertained Of a rea!
fusion OF Orleanists and legitimists; bu; the
c5unt issued a proclamation which dispelled
these hopes, and at the same time announced
his intention OF again going into voluntary
exile so as not 10 disturb France. There
were other rumors Of a coalition in 1872,
which asserted that the Count de Paris wss
TO be the successor OF Count de Chsmbord,
but the latter publicly contradicted the ru-
NOR. TIL fusion OF the two families was
finally accomplished on August 5,
1878, when the Count de Paris had
an interview with the Count de Cham
bord at Frohsdorf, and acknowledged him
as the head of the royal house of France. In
that year a belief in the restoration of the
mon,rchy became general, but the Count de
Chambord spoiled all ~royalist calculations
by a resctionary letter, which made mis-
restoration impracticable He declined 10
submit to any cond lions or to give any
guarantee. He Issued another manifesto 10
the French people in July, 1874. In 1916
he married tie Princess NJ aria Theresa, eld-
,st daughter of the Duke Of Modens. They
have no children, and the count is the last
CT his line. He will be succeeded, az the
Count de Paris, of the Orleauist branch of
the Bourbon family, a gran son OF Louis
Philippe, the late citizen-king OF the Freocb.
He desceuds from Pnilip, Duke of O-lears,
who was brother OF Louis XIV, hut there are
dirtc CT d. descendants of Louis XIV in the per.
son Of Don Carlos, If Spain, and his SOD, DON
Jaims, a boy of thirteen, who is understood
TO be the heir TO the Count de Chamhord'a
private property. DIN Carlos spring. from
the stock Of PniiipV V, Louis XlV's grandson,
who, oa accepting the Spanish crowo,
formally renounc.d for himself aud his
heirs forever all CLAIMS to the Bour.
bon succession in France. BIT in 1880
Ferdinand-VII ~sbrogsted the S.lic law that
his daughter might, succeed him.; and Phil
~ Wa cesceUdants In the direct male lice
being thus excluded from the throne, Don
Carlos claims that the reBunci .tion made
under the Sslic la8 has become void. Il
might exercise the wits of jIris s to deter
mine whether an exiled SIP tui-h king could
become a Frenchman Like bis forefathers BY
= mere act CT volition; but the strength Of
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sginary rights does not rest only on the tzct
tna At he il a Bourbon of straighter lineage
! than the Count de Paris, and that be mar
ried the dau liter of the Count de Cham
bord's only slater. Henry V, even had he
been seated on the throne, ccuid not have ap-
pointed DIN Carlos his heir, unless-and we
offer no opinion on this pJin.-Dou Csrlos's
claims were lawfully tenahle; but the Count
de Chsmbord has 1t in his power to recon-
mend D1n jaime to the homsge of legi;imis;
deyotees, and if he did this the royslisis
would doubtless remain ss disuuited "a they
are now. There are many old royslisis who car
not forgive the Count de P.ris for beiop the
descendant of Philippe Eyalite, who voted for
the decapitstiou OF Louis XVI, and The
grandson of Louis Philippe, who, ss they s.y,
betrayed the interests OF the boy
Henry V, by accepting the French
throne sitter he hsd been appointed L'eut-n-
ant genera! of The kingdom by Charles y
To these men also the constitutional doctIioes
Of what is called OeleanIsm are most obnox-
ious. aud in certain cases political hostility
to the Orlesnists j. much embittered by the
recollection of snubs and petty prosecutions
which the legitimis.s enjoyed under the
monarchy Of July. Bu! in revis wing these
facts as destined possibly 10 initiate against
the general recognition Of the Count de Paris
as head OF the BJurbons, We are far from
affirming that they would do 70. Assuming
hat be mas no desire TO play the part Of pre-
tender, be may experience some embarras.-
ment IN re-trainiog his supporters; and if,
unfortunately, these should make any ioju-
dicious Use OF MS name, we may expect to
zee the republican government sorely puZ'
zled as to hos il should encounter this new
development of royalism.
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