Arizona republican., 1899-01-04
FATHER MARTIN AND
 THE CHRLISTS

name of Father Martin, and yet whose power and influence are regarded as su-
 perior even to those of the pope him.
 self, and who is an object of awe and dread to thousands of people, both
 within and without the pale of the Ro-
 man Catholic church.
 For Father Martin, a man of humble extraction, is the general of the Order of the Jesuits, and as such disposes not only of the blind and unquestioning obedience of the members of his order, each one of whom is man Of more than ordinary intellect, but likewise has at his command the incalculable re- sources of the Jesuits.
 The latter are the richest order in the world. Realizing the importance of wealth as a means to power, the ac- cumulation of property has been one of the chief objects of the order since it's foundation hundreds of years ago. None of the property is held in the name of the order. Hence, it is impos- sible to form any idea of it's extent. But in view of the fact that for three centuries, at any rate, Jesuits priests have figured as the spiritual advisors of sovereigns and statesmen, and that donations and bequests have for hun
 
 into the coffers of the order, it's cOlos- sal wealth may be imagined.
 Money is one of the principal neces- sities to insure the success of a Carlist insurrection. But bankers and finan- ciers have shown themselves reluctant to advance any money except on the condition that Don Carlos pledges his own large property, which he refuses to do. Hence, unless Father Martin con sents to furnish the money needed for the Carlist operations, the latter will either not take place, or be attended by failure
 That the sympathies of the Jesuits, and of Father Martin, are with the Car lists, rather than with the present dy- nasty in Spain, is well known. For Don Carlos has promised to restore, not only to the church, but likewise to the Order of the Jesuits, the estates and the power which they fOTmely possessed prior to the spOliation of the church and religious orders during the reign of Queen Isabella. Moreover, Don Car los. and likewise his only son, Don Jaime, have been educated and trained by the Jesuits, and are obedient to their influence.
 The pope is asserted to have written an imploring letter to Father Martin within the last few weeks, bessechins him to restrain the hand Of Don Carlos. But it is doubtful whether Father Mar tin will comply with this request, as, like every other Jesuit, he places the interests of his order above the wishes of the pope, all the more as the vati- can is to considerable extent ffnan- cially dependent upon the Order of the Jesuits, which is understood to con tribute in the neighborhood of 5,000,- ,11 4Oo ,Io 4 I1a acy to- balance it's expenditures with it's receipts
 Father Martin is a very tall, swarthy, and stately man of some 56 years of age, and makes his headquarters in a palace, once belonging to the RicasOli family, but now known as the Casa Generalizio de San Girolamo," perched on rock at FiesOle, near Florence. He is difficult of approach, and even the bishop of Fiesole and the cardinal arch bishop of Florence are but seldom ac- corded the honor of an audience. In fact, he sees few people except the cleric and lay members of the order, which has notifications everywhere.
 When he travels he is accompanied by a suite of more than fifty secretaries and attendants, and the extent of his cores spondence may be imagined when it is said that no less than 1 900 letters addressed to him pass through the gen. eral postoffice of Florence alone each week. He is a remarkable 1inguist, l speaking fiuently eleven languages, | while his genius for administration is so extraordinary that he finds no diff culty in maintaining the most strict | supervision, not only over the political affairs of every nation, but likewise oVer all the numerous enterprises in which the property of the order is in vested. One virtue which he lacks is that of humility. For his bearing IS proud and naughty, as befits the so- called Black rope"
 John Eyre Nelson, whose impending marriage to Miss Kitty Kell, a school teacher of Battle Creek, Mich, has just | been announced, does not possess any | title of nobility, and it is therefore mistake to describe his bride as having 1 captured an English lord.
 He is a nephew of the present earl of Nelson, being a son of the latter; younger brother while his mother Is a granddaughter of the sixth duke Of Marlborough.
 Inasmuch as the earl, his uncle, has at least five sons, several of whom are married and have children, there is but little Likelihood of the Battle Creek ; school teacher ever becoming a peeress of the realm.
 It is hardly necessary to add the young MT. Nelson is not a descendant of the famous British admiral of tbat name. The latter had no legitimate issue, and the present earl is the grand son of sister of England's greatest . naval hero.
 It is impossible to look upon the death of Count Ferdinand de Gontaut i Bircn as anything else than a release, , both for himself and for the members Of his family. For after having in l volved his name, one of the most illus | trious in French history, in all sorts of unsavory scandals, and after having | behaved so odiously to his wife Fer [ uande (the best known Of all the | daughters of old Ferdinand de Lesseps) | that she u-as ahla vii. h diff c11ltrz n 1