The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-10-24
AlreNsO. KING OF SPAIN
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Acct he Young Mon...h

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Acct sse Young Monarch.
Alfonso MIL, king of Spain 49,.
pleted his tenth year on Nav -
his mother. the queen regent. has !"
ranged that from that date onward ~
majesty shall have separate es,ah
lishment, though he will, of oonrs"
still reside under the same roof ne -
self and daughters. This is part 81 ~.
wise and far-sighted policy of Mari
Christina, who, fortunately for ths
country of her adoption, is one of ths
most sensible women in Europe.
The naughty and exclusive nohls.
clustered around the Spanish throne
are, as is perhaps natural, inclined 70 h.
jealous of the power and inAuencs
which this lady, born an archducbes.
of Austria, has over their young kinr
To the credit Of the queen regent, be h
said, instead of resenting this feeling
she has from the first frankly and
openly, while recognizing its existence
shown that il was without cause. az
she is the first to assert the claim,
which the hidalgos have upon her son
and to prove that she has no idea az
bringing him up otherwise than as
true Spaniard. With magnanimi,v
and self-denial on which too much con-.
not be said, she has, during the ~
years of her residence in the country
and especially since the death OF her
husband, formed her own household al.
most exclusively OF men and women
Spanish born, and given no one right
10 whisper that Madrid WINS Influenced
in the remotest degree by any voice
from Vienna. Now, though the youth
of her son and the delicacy of his health
for, though getting stronger every
year, he is by no means robust-both
gave her a right to keep him under
her own immediate surveillance, and in
the hands of her personal attendants
for some time to come, she has taken
the step described.
The little king has. of course. from
the hour of his birth, had his own suite
of rooms, with a large stafr of pfice-s
civil and military. especially appointed
to his service, but in most cases their
duties have been nominal; henceforth
they will be strictly defined and carried
out. The Spaniards are very proud OF
pointing out the child's resemblance in
features and in character to his ances.
tor, Charles ", though less preiu.
diced observers are inclined 10 say he
is more of Ii Hapsburg than Bour-
bon. That he has touch of the hauteur
and of the self-wilI of each illustrious
house cannot be denied: but on the
other hand he has, for the present at
all events. gayety of manner and light
nees of heart which are not often re-
marked, even in the early years of the
scions of the two families.
OF the nobility of mind of the royal
lady in whose hand the future happi.
Iees of the peninsula rests. to Ger.
tain degree, no better proof can be
given than by quoting the word. with
which she greeted her future husband
soon after she was first presented to
him. II will be remembered that AL.
fonso Mi. was tenderly devoted to
his wife, and IL was hard. indeed, for
him to contemplate the possibility of
another marriage. Realizing this, the
young archduchese, ON seeing him sad
~ gazing at portrait of the lovely
Mercedes, approached him softly: my
dearest wish is to resemble her in al
things, for, IL must succeed her. dare
not hope 10 replace her.'-Philadcl-
phia Pres