The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-18
HOPELESS BOURBON PRETENDERs
One Has Learned sOmething-Notb.
ing to Be Done in Italy, France. or
Portugal.
From the Fan Nan Gazette

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Portugal.
From the Pail Mall Gazette
Prince Louis Marie Ferdinand Pierre
d'Alcantara de Bourbon is the elder can
of the Count of Aquila, the eldest brotbar
of King Frederick II, known to profaro
writer's as "Bomba.' He is, therefore
nephew to one king Of the Two sicrss
and of Jerusalem''-to give the full stvle
and title of the Neapolitan sovereigns-
first cousin to the last reigning sovereign
and also to the present de jure king. the
Count of Caserta
His royal highness, although nearly Il
years of age, looks but little over 40. he is
small of stature, but Of distinguished
countenance, with a dropping black mus.
tache and hair very closely cropped. He
wore suit of light-colored Irish tweed
long ulster of the same material of
different hue, an English cricketing can
of cloth and tennis Shoes In reply to
the question as to whether there vet re-
manned hope of altered conditions in
Italy and of Bourbon restoration. he re-
Piled by making the sign of the cross
repeatedly in the air, saying, significantly.
1T is finished" He then proceeded to de-
tail his opinions and his reasons for hold
ing them in a clear lucid manner, speak,
ing indifferently both French and English.
and evincing a breadth of view and
clearness of apprehension in respect
the trend of modern events quite o.
posed to the conception of the Bourbon
character, as summed up in the we'll
known epigram: The Bourbons learn
nothing, and forget nothing"
When we were turned out of Naples
In 1860, lost my career in the navy Since
then l have done nothing; but have at
tentively regarded everything. At the
end of thirty-six years how shall you
change anything? There can be no
change possible in Italy except the change
to a republic. The Bourbons will never
be restored. The pope? All! that is a
different question. Leo XIII. has, in my
belief, done very much by his liberality to
make the restoration of the temporal
sovereignty possible Perhaps the next /
pope will be such as to make this accom-
plished.
For myself, although born a Bourbon,
l have been educated in a republic. My
eyes have been opened to many things
which under the old arrangement should
never have seen. So 1 have placed my
son in the Italian army. There he serves
neither monarchy nor republic; he simply
serves his country. 1t. is what | advise
my cousin Gaserta to do with his sons
Not himself nor his eldest son Ferdinand
they are pretenders; it would be impos-
sible; but the others. And he has ded.
Gated them to the service of the King Of
Spain, usurper like Humbert! l con.
slider that in thirty-six years the face Of
Italy has been changed. North has mix
ed with south. There are no longer sep
arate nations. Legitimism there is m
ished
I'm Spain? ALI there it is different In
Spain, yes, perhaps. Cuba will finish the
present regime. After that there is
chance. But it will not come with carlos
he is but a bon viveur. When in the las1
war his troops were starving, Carlos IL
his cups was throwing trufles al his gen
eral officers. No, he will stay in Venice
there he can live without the trouble Oh
reigning. But Jaime is of another soIt
he is man of promise. But he has maue
a mistake-we Bourbons all make ms
takes. He has entered the Russian
service; that is to ALLEVIATE Spanish
sympathy. Don Carlos made mls.aA'
during the war. l was hunting near Mad
rid with King Alfonso when word was
was brought us that Don Carlos was On
the hills adjacent. 1 know what saw
then. In twenty-four hours he mlgl.
have been in Madrid had he spent d,
money. A bride would have done Wh''
his soldiers could not do. 1t is always Wv
same in Spain. Alfonso, when remonsta.
ted with, because he did not send his mos
notorious general against the Carlsi
said: L have bought him. Why shouiu
send him where he can be bought owe
again?' But, of course, it was Palmerslvs1
the tool Of Bismarck who finally succeu''
in preventing Don Carlos success.
I'm Portugal / see no chance. MY Gus
in, the Duke of Braganza don Miguel az lt
came the other day to see my mother Sa
said to him: i am pleased to see you &
relation, but you must not speak Oh ~
tiles; there we shall never agree wv
he as an Austrian; he must remain
Austrian-and a pigeon-shooter' %
Although | speak like this am awe,
a Bourbon, always a legitimist me r.
ciple is right, but the cause itself II !"
In Spain, perhaps. not yet. In llaiS' 81
Portugal, yes; and in France. France ,,,,I
will always be rupublican j.
enough so for me- There - %
one left. The Bonatpartist are gone.
Orleans princes are idiots Don CaI. .. N,
a Spaniard Had he acceded to Henry
request to go and live with him a. Mn
dorf, and become identified as ms .n,e
he might now have been King OF I'D
But he preferred to remain sp''
Now it is too late. -uantd
'"The latest pretender? The MOI lss.iops
son of the Duke of Seville? 1t is rlui ..onsy
1t is all the work of Valori. He ge' >. mem
from that young man with when ~ suIi
his winters on the Riviera i"1
Valori. .+orv
"Yes, It is finished. It is the s,O' 5nn
your Stuarts over again, But ~ ", ED
ciple is right Let us drink 10
mite.' - M