New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-26
DON JAIME.
., MODERN FEAT OF KNIGHT ERRANTRY
IN SPAIN.

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Totally so when he happens to be OF royal
.'I,h and condemned to expatriation on account
>, NJ. pretensions to the throne OF his ancestors.
w. " when. in addition thereto. ne is youthful.
o' Iooking imbued with a spirit of daring and
'avsnture the popular interest that he exc!tes
... ~ an extremely high pitch, and II care
.,,lv fostered by his partisans is apt to become
noxerfu arm In his hands.
Irs, at the present moment all Europe is ring
T., with the exploits Of Don Jaime of Bourbon
.ss only son Of Don Carlos. who has Just brought
close a remarkable tour through Spain. Not
no, his exploits were of very heroic character
:. that his adventures can in any respect be
..unared 10 those of the immortal Don Guixote
YET there is something very attractive and fetch
H., IN the idea that for TWO entire months the
.r,ed Prince-he hope Of the Legltmsts In
RANCE as well as in Sn4in-has been peregri-
hating the Peninsula a pilgrim to the places hal
,owed in his eyes by their association with the
st Curious phases OF the history of his illus
-. ancestors receiving the homage Of that
,.,us body Of conservative Spaniards 10 whom
- .ueo remains sacred creed-wecomed az the
r,ss son at the old feudal castles Of the leaders
= Tho marty And all this took place under the
r,, noses Of the authorities, who We're on the
,.orovt for him. but who failed to realize that
49, Mond-hared. fuil-faced, middle-sized young
.rds, who spoke Spanish with such very pro-
,rrced German accent. and whose carriage and
,.uasnor were far more characteristic Of the
rrspsh or Austrian military officer than of the
co.,i,,an hidalgo. Don Jaime Of Bourbon
A.. chief OF that old house OF Bourbon. traces
:, uhose once wide-reaching sovereignty are 10
:. found even in this country and in India.
.,o,her reason why especial interest attaches
a. this tour Of Don Jaime Is because II has af
,,,asd him the opportunity Of issuing political
ren,festo protesting doctrines Of such reaction
.rv and even medieval character that on glanc-
,ce over II one feels inclined to rub ones eyes and
=, doubt the possibility Of its having been penned
IN the closing years Of the nineteenth century
~ prince endowed with more than average
asgree Of intelligence. one who has enjoyed the
advantage of a common-sense and very thorough
.suca,ion not only at the Military Academy at
Vienna but also at the English public school at
s,onvhurst. where he distinguished himself alike
Ia the cricket-field at football, and a wet
Bob
"Iike the King don Carlos. my august
t,ther" he declares. II shall never renounce the
poi,ical principles which we represent nor will
re ever consent TO any compromise with those
nominations which so by the name Of liberalism.
oonstitutionalism. parliamentarism- or TO the
least modification of our religious ideas or hered-
,ary rights In this am entirely in unison with
nv father whose most devoted and loyal soldier
am proud 10 be- 1t Is untrue that have dis
approved OF his second marriage, and equally
false are the reports according 10 which am to
become the husband OF my cousin. the Princess
Mercedes eldest sister OF the little King AL
fonso and heir to his throne). / am not con-
structed Of the kind Of wood OF which Princes
Consort are made. and have just as little IN
clnation az nv father for the reconciliations and
alliances both matrimonial and political. which
are now being discussed by the newspapers"
II would take too much time and space TO re-
cap,uate here the political programme and doc
srines Of Don Carlos and his son. An idea there
of may be gathered from the extract which I
have given above Of Don james recently issued
manifesto. and II anything further were needed
1t would be sufficient to call attention to couple
Of DEGREES issued by Don Carlos during the last
insurrection in Spain, which he has announced
lis intention Of enforcing II he ever obtains pos
session Of the throne The one bearing the num-
Der CXXv. provides that whoever attends any
worship which is not that OF the Roman Catholic
Church shall be punished with Punishment from
the kingdom. Inc OtUpT, HuiipciVN '$N<N~~AN'
enaets that 1.-The spaniard who forsakes the
Roman Catholic Church for any other sect or
creed will be punished with lifelong Punishment.
The offender however. will be permitted 10 re-
,urn on making a public recantation of his
errors"
That anv civilized and enlightened people
should be willing TO submit to such astounding
bgo,ry and despotism. or should be ready to toll
- ha ,rid ching mowers OF
The Inoulstion. the restoration Of which Is prom
Ised by Don Carlos and by his son, seems IN
credible Yet such is the case. These are not
merely the idle vaporings OF couple OF royal
dramers-of two Bourbon Rip Van Wrinkles who
have tust awakened from a sleep of four CEN
ures-but the accepted doctrines of large and
srnortar- POLITICAL party The whole OF the
aorthern portion Of Spain is Carst to the core
the peasan,ry the territorial arstocracy and in
Particular the parish clergy being devoted 10
The cause OF the Pretender. not even the repeated
sdmonitons on the part of the Pontn ana OF
the Spanish prelacy having been able 10 weah
the rank and file OF the priesthood from the Le-
ntims, cause Neither the Miguelist party IN
Portugal nor the Royalist faction In France can
compars either IN size or In importance with that
which in Spain regards Don Carlos as hihs
Charles VII" and Don Jaime as the prince OF
the Asturias" or Crown Prince; and YET Do'ii y.
these other Pretenders are far more abreast o'
the times and at the very moment wheh ~"
jaime was issuing his denunciation or every lori"
Of paramentarism. liberalism and pohucaI iree-
dom we find the Comte de Paris recommending
his followers to abandon all hostility 10 the "o'-
eminent Of the French Republic on the grounu
that in his efforts TO restore order NJ. Casli'n,
Perier will be confronted by numberless diihc"'-
Ties which patriotism prohibits us from increas-
Ing"
There Is no doubt that by his recent WISH 10
Spain Don Jaime has vastly Increased Ms o""
popularity and strengthened his fathers cause
he has brought home to the younger gehera"o"
Carlists who have grown UP since the last war
vaged by the Pretender the really OF Claims "