Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-08
TROUBLES OF SPAIN.
She Had a Lot Of Them Before the
War BcEan-Her Throne Has
Long Been shaky,

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Those who are rusty on Spanish his
tory can brighten their knowledge by
reading an epitome of the serial story
Of political troubles that began In 1908.
It was then that Ferdinand VII, a full
blooded Bourbon, was overthrown by
Napoleon, who placed his brother, Jo-
seph Bonaparte, on the throne Six
years later Ferdinand was restored by
the help Of the English, lie reigned
until 1898, when he was succeeded by
his three-year-old daughter, Isabella.
How Ferdinand's designing wife
brought about this break in the legiti-
mate line of succession, and how it
was resented by Don Carlos, the law
full heir to the throne, has already been
told in detail to the readers of the
Free Press. Out of this unwarranted
transfer of the crown grew up the
party of the Carlsts, and the almost
unbroken periods of revolution inter
yening to the present.
In 1910 the queen regent, Isabella's
mother, was banished, and Gen. Es-
partero, commander of the royalist
army, became dictator and afterwards
regent. Three years later a revolu-
ton drove him out, and brought the
queen regent back. Though Isabella
was then but 13, 1t was solemnly de-
creed that she had reached her ma
iOrity, and she was united in marriage
with Francis d'Azzis, of the house Of
Bourbon. At the same time occurred
an event that goes far toward ac-
counting for the sympathy that Spain
enjoys with the royalsts in France,
There was a double wedding. Maria.
the sister of Isabella, marrying the
duke of Montpensier, son of Louis
Philippe and heir to the throne of
France. Their son was the count of
Paris, the French pretender.
Peace obtained till 1854 when Gen.
O'Donnell started a revolution that
compelled the cortes and the ministry
to proclaim a constitution that had
been adopted Ia 1887, but completely
ignored. In 1856 there was another
revolution caused by disaffection in
the army. For nearly year business
was suspended and the entire kingdom
was Under martial law In 1860 the
Carlists made futile effort to regain
the throne. Petty revolutions fol
lowed each other thick and fast till
1868, when the movement led by Gen
Prim and Marshal Serrano was sue.
cessful. The queen, her mother and
her children fled to France, and Ser
rano became dictator. This continued
to November, 1870, when a iuuta placed
, Amadeus, son of Victor Emanuel an(
, brother of the king of Italy, on the
, throne. In 1873, during the bloody
: uprising of the Carlists, that LASTED
t four years, Amadeus abdicated to save
t his life. The cortes proclaimed re
, public that endured Just II days, whel
i. Nicholas Salmeron was made dictator
, and president, his term enduring fol
:. SO days, Then came Emilio Castela,
to the head of the government, who
= in a short time, abandoned the su
, preme purpose of his life, declared thr
d Spaniards incapable of self-goyern
= ment, dissolved the republic an,
4 turned both civil and military authori
D ty over to Serrano, who, January
e 1875. proclaimed as king Alfonso XII
!. one of the many irregular childrel
: of Isabella.
? After the close of the CAtlist wal
u March /, 1915, there was comparativ
peace to 1883, when there was a reyol
c extending from Barcelona to Cartha
n gena, involving great loss of life. L
. 81 came the military conspiracy a
. Madrid, the dynasty having a narro'
" escape, the same year being marke
{ by half dozen republican hprisihgi
The entire country was on the yerg
. of revolution when the king died an
: the attention of the people was d
" verted. Maria DC Las Mercedes, tn
> oldest daughter of Alfonso XII, wa
y proclaimed queen, with her mother q
u regent, but six months later Alfons
u, XIII. was born. compelling the retire
y ment of his sister, but continuing tn
!" regency. Revolutions and riot
- marked 1891 and %. and in % n
= ternal conditions had grown 30 bh
that 1nfanta Isabella, aunt of til
- infant king, and having more infuenC
- with the Spanish people than has an
~ other one person, was not poTmitte
~ to visit the worlds fair. In 1894 thel
"A broke out the violent revolution in til
M Philippines, the ravages of which hal
=, not ceased even with the victory (
Admiral Dewey, In 1895 began Il
d revolution In Cuba, one Of the mo-
r. justifable revolts against long-contil
! ued tyranny in all the worlds histor
" In this brief review Il viii be see
as that Spain enjoys just as stable a go
is ernment now as she has for the la
two-thirds of century. She has mat
n herself notorious chiefly for corru
ton in civil circles, gross misgover
y ment and barbarous brutality in wa
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