Arizona republican., 1900-09-19

friend and second. subjected to a sim liar penalty, wIs rendered additionally severe by the fact that both or these young officers gre obliged to complete their term of service in the army, some eighteen months or more. as common soldiers.
 Tn. letter of Don Alfonso comes ont in tn, most NIt-f1p,ed manner imaE- !nabla against dueua%. declaring that the P. rusal to give satisfaction by arms is truly brave, sine. 1t requires grclt courage to do as the marquis and count hay. done in or1Hr to obey the most pcrem2tory laws of the Roman Catha- lie church as well IS the laws of the land.' Don Alfonso further declares that no officers have ever fought mora couraSeously than the English in the Trsnsvaal, and vet tirse same ofics IS GisIpprove of dueling. decline to ar- c-pt challenges. and do not hesitate to d,nounce the practice as uncivilized ana ridiculous.
 This is the first t,me that q royal or imperial prince has ever expressed himself so strongly against dueling and the matter creates the more sensation owing to the fact that Don Alfonso. unlike his older brother Don Carlos. is one uf the bravC~t soldiers living. the absolute feariessuess which he dis played during the last two Carlist wars being marrei only by reputation for cruelty. due to his relentless severity in dealing with the enemy. Through his wife. the Doua Maria of the Shows who is not only an infanJa of Spain, but likewise of Pouugal. as well as q duchess of Braganza in her own right. ana who. sharing all the perils of his campaign. won rr herself in the two last Carlist wars the reputation of be- ing as fearless as her husband and all most as able d general, he is related closely to half the reigning houses of Europe. one of his vifes sisters having married the lac Archduke Charles Louis. second brC.her of Emperor Francis Joseph, and another having welded Duke Charles Theodore of Ea- varia the orulist. through thanks to which union Don Alfonso is about to become uncle to the Future king of Bel eium. Another sister is wife of the heir apparent to the sovereign Grand Duke of LuXemhourg, while yet an other was the wife of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. The father of the Infanta Maria of the Shows was that King Miguel of Portugal who was over thrown and banished from the kingdom :r crder to make way for his cousin. Queen Maria Della Gloria. while the brother of the Infanta is that Don AIi- suel who is the legitimate pretender to the throne If Portugal, towards whic1 he stands in iientically the same rell- ton as Don Carlos does to that of Spain.
 Unlike Don Carlos. Don Alfonso o. cupies an altogether exceptional posi- ton at the court cr Vienna, where he ias hitherto been treated as member Of the imperial family. Inasmuch as Emperor Francis Joseph. however, has sanctioned the dismissal from the army of Marquis Tacoli and of Court Ledn- Chowsli on account of their disapproy- al Of the practice oc dueling, it is djf- fcult to see what attitude he will w take toward Don Alfonso.
 If anything were needed O add to he r.dirula of dueiinr it would be the sta- tistics just published. showing that the mortality of recorded duels for the lazt Ken years is less than per cent.-Mar- Guisa de Fonteuoy in Washington PoFy.