The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-04
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claiming Don Jaime heir to the throne {
France, as we'll as of Spain, has galvanize
into Hfe the law of expulsion concerning tn
heads IF houses of pretenders.
That law excludes the Due dor
leans as head of the younger branch
of the Bourbons Prince Victor as VI
chief of the Napoeonic house, and "
Don jaime as claimant of the old
Bourbon or legitimist line II
Don Jaime, now duke of Madrid, NJ
means business as far as the throne w
of Spain is concerned. Though he ms
looks upon his claim to the throne of vi Is
France as beirg more historical than III as;
practical still the fact that he has @S
been proclaimed officially the head va
of the legitimist line brings him I'm. " %
der the law of exclusion W.
The expulsion Of his father by Ma "
poleon III. has no bearing upon the \
case OF the present claimant Hitler. a.
to a law of expulsion has not been wv
able to keep him out Of Spain. With.
er he has gone whenever he pleased.
Very different from the old Bour- r
bons, whose motto was mo compro- coD
mise and no surrender" is this pro- ~
Sresslve prince and popular military
man. Even the veteran republican
Henri Rochefort, speaks Of him as being yer
liberal and entirely of the twentieth centur,
Since his fathers followers have prC
claimed Don Jaime their chief the CarIist
have taken on a new life and under eyis
Ing conditions in the peninsula he may 500
find himself seated on the throne for vbic
his father and his grandfather vainly took tn
field. 1t is interesting to note in this connet
ton that Count Urban de Maille, president G
the Carlist society Of Paris, offered a dukedor
TO a Boston merchant in consideration q
financial aid for the cause.
OF those who have misgiyings no on
stands more in fear and trembling than tn
DUWaser Queen Christina. For while DO
Jaime has a qualified admiration for her pos
humous son, Alfonso XIII, he has suprem
contempt for the intriguing ex-nun who Pre-
vented his sisters from marrying Austria
erchdukes. At Biarrtz he has frequently bee
within speaking distance Of his cousin Kin
Alfonso, though they have never exchange
words
Dor jaime Is the hero Of a novel, Of whic
the villain is the Duo d'Albe and the her0in
a welknown Washington belle He is an off
Ger of the Russian army and has seen actiy
service in Manchuria. He has the reputation
Of being Well yersod in the science of war an
OF not knowing fear.
He looks upon the Due d'Orleans as
visionary and speaks Of the Nap0Ie0ni
princes with contempt The platonic Orlear
lists, who merely get up banquets and elm
glasses, he contrasts with the fighting Car
lists, who have twice taken the field and ar
ready to do so again. He has more Bourbo
blood in his veins than any man living. for b
is Bourbon from both sides Of the house hi
mother having been Marguerite, princesse d
Bouroon-Parma. He was educated at an Ems
Esh college and speaks and writes the FrgIis
language like a graduate Of the university O
Dublin.
The heir 70 two thrones for years he live
IL Paris attic, where Carlst chiefs called Z
pay their respects to royalty and where o
certain days they passed to inscribe thai
names Love and war have been his fayorit
gaailue. ard both got him into trouble witt
rs Millionaire father He helped 10 arm I'll
Carlists q the Basque country during th
Scandinavian var and became es.range,
from Carlos because the latter would no
strike blow II fell IN love with a beauti>I
German princess al the court Of St Peters
burg but Is father frowncd upon the mar
IAASA because It's LADY belongs 70 the Iutherai