The sun., 1896-10-09

One Has Learned SomethinE-NothinE to
he Done In Italy, France, or Portugal.

One Has Learned SomethinE-NothinE 10
| he Done In Italy. France, or Portugal.
Prom The rua NAH Gazette
Prince Louis Marie Ferdinand Pierre d'Al-
| cantara de Bourbon is the elder son of the
| Count Of Aquila, tho eldest brother of King
| Frederick H., known to profane writer's as
Bomba." He is therefore. nephew to one
king OF the Two Scilcs and OF Jerusalem ~
to give the full style and title of the Neapolitan
| sovereigns-hrst cousin to tho last relgnlng
sovereign and also to the present de lure King,
| the Count of Caserta.
His Royal Hghness. although nearly 51 years
Of age, looks but little over 40; he is small of
| stature, but OF distinguished countenance. with
dropping black moustache and hair very
closely cropped. He wore a suit OF llght-colored
Irish tweed, a long ulster Of the same material
Of different hue, an English cricketlng cap OF
cloth. and tennis shoes. In reply to the question
as to whether there yet remained a hope OF
altered conditions in Italy and Of Bourbon
restoration. he replied by making the sign OF
the ross repeatedly In the air, saving, sgnih-
canty, 1T is finished" He then proceeded TO
detail his opininns and his reasons for holding
them in a clear lucid manner. speaking indif-
ferently both French and English. and evincIng
breadth OF view and q clearneSs OF apprrhen-
sion in respect TO the trend OF modern events
quite opposed to the conception Of the Bourbon
epIgram: The Bourbons learn nothing, and
forget nothing"
w nen we were turned out OF Naples IN 1850.
I lost my career In the navy. Since then have
done nothing; but l have a.tentively regarded
everything. AT the end of thrty-six years how
shall rou change anything There can be
no change possible in Italy except the change
to republic. The Bourbnns will never be re-
% question. 1t Leo Xiii XIII. has. in % my belief done
very much by his liberality to make the restora-
haps the next Pope will be such as to mako this
For myself although born a Bourbon.
tsH "
have been opened To many things, which under
the old arrangement should never have seen.
There tie serves neither monarchy nor republic;
he simply serves lis country. 1t Is what ad-
himself, nor his ede.t son Ferdinand; they are
pretenders; y would be in possible; but the
vice Of the KING of spain, usnrper like Hum
bert | consider that in thirty:six years the
face Of Italy has been changed. North has
mixed with south. There are no longer sepa-
rate nations, Legitlm-m there is finished.
I'm Spainr All! there 1t is dferent. In Spain.
yes. perhaps. Cuba Will finish the present re-
gime After that there is chance. But IL will
not come with Carlos: he is but bon Uipetr.
When in the last war his troops were starving,
general officers. No, he VIII stay in Venice;
there he can live without the trop6l- Of reign
! ing. But Jaime is OF another sort; he is a man
OF promise. But he has made mistake-we
Bourbons all make mistakes He has entered
the Russian service; that is to ALLEVIATE Spanish
sympathy. Don Carlos made mstake during
the war. was hunting near Madrid Sitn King
"
Carlos was on the hills ad jacent. know what
saw then; IN twenty;four hours he might
have been in Madrid had he spent his money A
bribe would have done what his sold iers could
not do. II is always the same in Spain.
Alfonso. when re morstrated with because he
did not send his most notorious General against
tine Carlist said: i have bought him. Why
should send him whore he can he bought over
again2' But. OF course. 1t was Palmerston. tho
tool of Bismarck. who finally succeeded in pre-
venting Don Carlos success.
" In Portugal see no chance. Ny cousin. the
Duke OF Braganza lDum Miguel i'll. came tho
other day 10 see my mother. She said To h IN
| am pleased to SEE you as a relation. but you
must not speak Of politics; there We shall never
agree Now. he is an Austrian: he must re-
main an Austrian-an1 n pceonshonter.
" Although speak like this / always q
Bourbon. always "A Legitm It. The principle is
Rht. but the cause itself Is lost. In Spain,
perhaps, not yet. In Italy. in Portugal. yes: and
in France. France Will always be Republican,:
II Is good enough for me There is
no one left. The l'uonapartes are gone. The
Orleans princes are Idiuts. Don Carlos is
Spaniard. Had he aCceded to Henry VS. e.
guest TO 20 and live with him Al Frohsdorf. and
become identified as his heir he might now
have been King "f France. But he preferred to
remain a Spanlard. Now II is too late
The latest pretenderP The mprganAtic son
OF the Duke OF Seville? II is ridiculous. II is
all the work of NRlOr. He gets money from
that young man with which to spend his will
tiers on the Riviera. That suits NHlOri. =
YES II Is finished. 1t is the story OF your
Stuarts over again. Bnt the principle is right.
Let lis drink - la lHCItImittr