The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-03-21

SHOl' ny ICuOuHClHS HIS IiS nus.
BEGINNING OF THIRD WAR.
The most notable fact about the
third war was that it did not be-
come formidable until the Govern
ment had become utterly dlsorgan-
lied by the resignation of Don
Amadeo in 1873, and the establish
ment OF the Anarchical Republic.
Then the way was cleare for them
by the utter collapse of the Govern
ment. The Republicans had prom.
1sed to abolish the CONSUMPTION,
and one of the first results of theii
insane engagement was to cause
the mutiny and dissolution of the
Army of Catalonia. The soldiers
took the politicians at their word
disbanded and went home. Then
came the ''cantonalist" outbreak
which was mere explosion of an
archy by agitators who took TIN
communes of Paris for their model
During this period they never sue
ceeded in occupying any considera
BILE town, and were forced to ra1s
the siege of Bilbao.
CAUSE STEADILY DECLINED.
From the day of the restoration
of Dona Isabels son their caus
steadily declined. They were frs
swept out of Valencia and Catalo
MIA; and then broken up in Biscay
Disguised as the vast majority o
the Spaniards were with the follie'
of the republic and the incompe
tence of Ferdinand, it was never t.
the Carlists that they looked tor {
remedy, but to the restoration O.
the family of Dona Isabel.
The country of the Carlists con
sists OF two districts, of which the
physical constitution directly ia
vors Car1ist tactics. The ancient
effects, in the distribution of races
affords them further aid. At eth
er end of the Pyrenees the same
race occupies both the French anC
the Spanish sides of the chain, the
Basques thus occupying the ives
tern end, the Galatians the eastern
The Basques are favored and sup.
ported by their brethren, who speak
the same tongue and preserve the
same traditions, although living
across the frontier of France, and
the Galatians are sure of aid from
their Catalan brethren of the Rous.
silon.
ASSISTED BY GYPSIES.
The Carlists in former efforts
have been assisted by smugglers
and gypsies whose habits are ia
vored by the low watershed and in
tr1cate country, and were always
able to escape into France and find
there.
In the present agitation Don
Jaime has virtually accepted the
leadership of the militant element
of the Carlist party, whose follow
ers style themselves young Car
lists" or ''Ja1mists." Don Carlos,
the father of Don Jaime, dare not
assume any responsibility in the
matter, because even a suspicion of
his connection with such move
ment would mean his expulsion
from the country. In the event of
the success of the uprising, Don
Carlos would become the King of
Spain.
The present Don Carlos is no or
binary man, and he has led no or
binary lite. His very birth had a
touch of the romantic. He was
born in wayside inn near Lai-
bach, a small town in the Austrian
Province of Illyria, while his faith
err, Prince Don Juan, and his moth
er, the Archduchess Beatrice of
Australasia, were travelling in a
postcha1se, on their way to Vienna.
His parents settled themselves at
Innsbruck, and he passed the first
eighteen years of his life in Aus
tria, going to Bologna at the age
If 9 to be confirmed by Pope Plus
TX. His political life, however,
lid not begin until the year 1868.
No matter what may be said Of
Don Carlos's pretentions to the
.hrone of Spain his strongest OPP
oonents admit that he is a brave
ind energetic soldier, having given
proof of his valor in several in
stances. After the Reorganization
# the Carlists in 1875, lie abandon
d the struggle and started on his
ravels around the world.