The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-10
Pretender to Spanish Throne
Most Talked Of Man in
Europe Now.
cARLIsTs QUITE ACTIVE
At THE PhesENr TIME DON
JAIME 10 NEAR VIENNA. QUIET.
~ AWAITING FOR sPANisH
CRISIS TO COME.

Paris. Aug. 10.-spain, torn inter-
nally by the dispute with the Vatican.
threatened by socialism and anarch.
ism. and disturbed by the agitation
for republic. IL believed by many
well informed persons here to have a
new woe In store for her. The star
Of the Carlist cause. which had been
buried below the horizon for many
years. II again blazing full In the FIR
msment. of Spanish politics.
Within the past few weeks Don
Jaime Of Bourbon. pretender to the
throne OF Spain and the hope Of the
Carlist cause. has come 10 be the most
discussed person in Europe. Private
advices from Madrid state that never
Spanish throne has the outlook been
SO favorable for the fall of the con.
stitutional monarchy. The Carlist
clubs In the kingdom-and there are
several thousand OF them. It is said
are active az never before: the breath
Of conspiracy Is in the air; the old
loyal blood of the Basaues IL stirred
to the innermost chambers OF It's
heart. and the Carlist leaders. with
ample money at their command. pow.
erful In friends and strong in pur.
pose. are only waiting for the moment
To come when they can strike the
blow.
At the present time Don Jaime ID
living quietly at the chateau Of Frohs-
dorf. near Vienna, which has been his
principal home since the death Of his
father, the late Don Carlos. Prior to
that event. which made him the legiti.
mist pretender to the throne Of Spain.
Don Jaime spent much Of his time In
Paris. residing in an apartment house
In the Rue BENJAMIN GODDARD. in tho
Passy neighborhood. Upon the death
Of his father Il became necessary for
him to exile himself from France. un-
der the law passed By the French
parliament. after Dom Carlos, In 1881.
allied himself with the Count de
,Chambord. forever banishing the ED
est representatives Of any family that
ever reigned In France.
The majority Of those who were
acquainted with DON Jaime during his
residence in Paris are OF the opinion
that he will stand fast BY the declara'
tion he made after his fathers funeral
that he would never involve Spain in
the horrors Of . civil war for the ad
vancement Of his own rights to the
throne. At the same time 1t IL gener
ally believed here that the young pre-
tender would willingly accept the
throne II disaster should end the
reign Of his cousin. Alphonso XIII.
providing that such action on his par,
might contribute to the restoration Of
law and order on the peninsula.
The training and career of Dor
jaime have been such as to make him
the ideal booted and spurred prince
His military education was received II
the stern school Of the Russian army
Ten years ago he saw active service
% an officer Of the Russian cavalry
during the campaign in China and fou,
years later he returned to Manchuris
to act rs q war correspondent In the
conflict between Russia and Japan. Il
II agreed by all who know him tina,
he IL vastly more popular than wa,
his father, and that he would not lacl
followers should he decide to buckle
on his sword and fight his way U
Madrid at the head OF an army.