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cabs for bourgcoise weddings. aud
The white horses were sold to II circus.
HEIKLEss pRETENDERs.
None of the French pretenders have
sons who could inherit their prcten-
sions. The due d'Orleans, who Is
married to an Austrian archdGchess.
Maria Dorothea, a princess some years
older than he. has 10 children tiis
heir is his brother, the due de Mont
pensier, an officer in the Spanish navy.
Who has no history
The due d'Orleans claims to be King
of France by divine right. In support
OF his claim he advances the will Of the
comtc de Chambourd. aud the renun-
rintion of their rights to the French
crown made for the Spanish branch OF
the house of Bourbon by Louis XIV
when his grandson. Philippe. the first
Of the Spanish Bourbons. was elected
..:...s u Gpan. He forgets that II II
exists, divine right Is n thing no man,
king or commoncr. can tnmper with or
alter. Divine right. however. Is
rhaky foundation for a prince OF the
house of Orleans to build on. inc
comte de Paris. father OF the present
Orleans pretender, was separated by 10
degrees from tho house OF France. Be-
tween his claims and the French crown
of Spain. of the two Sicil!cs and OF
Parma. whose names are known only
to those who study the Almanach de
Gotha.
SON OF DON CARLOS.
AS far as the doctrine OF divine right
goes the head OF the house of Bourbon,
heir to the throne OF France. is Don
Jaime de Bourbon. son OF Don Carlos,
the Spanish pretender who died In July,
1909. Don Jaime has fair record. In
his fathers time, Spain was deluged
with blood in efforts to place Don Car
los on the throne. but that pretender
did not shine as warrior he pre-
ferred Venetian palaces to battletelds'
and listened gladly to papal advice
which counseled inertia. The posi-
ton of heir TO a pretender who gave
no aid to his adherents was a difficult
one. but In 1t Don Jaime held himself
we'll His attitude towards his father
was admirable. Amongst the pre-
tenders he stands out as one holding
fixed political opinions. not following
changeful policy OF eXpediency. These
opinions which have long been known
incline towards Liberalism. During
his fathers lifetime he declined to mix
In politics. Illustrative of his attitude
and his mentality. he. too. has his story
of statue. He has often Travelled
as private person In Spain: on one
occasion, an ardent sympathzer of his
family walking in Valencia with him
pointed to the statue OF the great Don
Carlos and adtured him to initiate his
namesake. Don Jaime, who abhors
theatricals. gaZed calmly on the statue,
left his hat untouched upon his head.
and answered he had no need to imi-
tate any king while his father lived.
The moment Don Carlos was buried
French supporters gathered around
Don Jaime and hailed him as king of
France. A few days after n manifesto
was published in tho name of the lead
ers OF his party in France. the "Blancs
d'Espagne" as they are called. In which
Don Jaime was declared to be "the
unique and incommutable representa-
tive OF the hereditary Sale principle
the legitimate successor OF the long and
illustrous line of kings who have made
France"
MURDER STORY BELIEVED.
In the history OF French prctenders
a curious place Is held by those who
claim descent from Louis XVII, the
dauphln who was imprisoned in the
temple with his parents, Louis XVI and
Marie Antolnette, and reported by his
jallers to have died there on June S,
1896. The child who died on that date
in the prison was an imbecile. Neither
the dauShin's sister, although she was
imprisoned in the same building, nor
any other person who had known the
royal children before their imprison-
ment was allowed to view the dead
child's body. and n belief arose that 1t
was not the body OF him whom the Re
publicans designated as the son of the
last king Of France. Facts newly
brought to light strengthen that belief
The duchess of Angouleme. the sister
OF the unhappy child, who had shared
in his captivity. acted as If she was
one Of those who gave no crcdcncc to
tho statement of the jailcrs. She re-
fused to accept the heart of the child
who was said to have been her brother,
which had been preserved by one of the
doctors who performed the autopsy on
the body: she erected no monument to
her brothers. memory, and while she
referred continually in her corrcspon-
dcnce to the murders of her father, her
mother. and her aunt she was silent
about the fnte OF her brother. The
latest explanation of the mystery put
forward by a serious historian Is that
Of NJ. Joseph Turquan. who holds that
Louis XNII was murdered in his prison,
and that the dying mhccic was put
into his place In order to hide the
crime.
TWO HUNDRED PRErENDERS.
More plausible tales have been told
by men who appeared during the Ma
poleonic era and under tho restoration
claiming to be Louis XVII. At ono
time pretended Louis %FlI's were to
he found In every part of Europe, and
In America. There were not less than
200 of them Tho most tenacious OF
them was Il man who until he put for
ward his clnims was known as Charles
William Naundorff. This man was first
heard OF In 1910. In Berlin. He was
matchmaker by trade. married to n
peasant woman. 1t was said he was
the son OF IL Polish Jow. but no proof
or this statement WAS established. 1t
Is certain he understood no French ut
the moment he put forward his claim
to be king of France. Until he became