The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-03
DUKE OF SUTHERLAND
WRONGLY DESCRIBED

| them, not only protonsions to the
onisftainship of the entire house OF
Bourbon. French. Italian and Spartan,
but likewise to the throne OF France,
In the event of royalist restoration.
Don Carlos put the ola'm in the
! form of letter addressed TO tho
Duke OF Orleans, which he duly pub
! iished. and to which the duke IN due
course replied. AS both Don Carlos
and the duke resolved to let the mat
ter rest the affair was thercupon
taken up by the Spanish General
Francis de Bourbon. soi-disant Due
d'Anjou, who Is not Il Spanish prince
OF the blood, but merely the Off
spring of Spanish scion of royalty
by woman oil plebeian rank. This
| General Francis de Bourbon, who had
no royal status whatsoever. and who
| did not possess even ordinary Spanish
nobility or grandezza. thcreupon put
| himself forward as pretender to the
! French throne. on the ground that
Don Carlos, his brother Don Alfonso,
and his son Don Jaime, having failed
TO make use of their rights thereto
/ as descendants In the malc line
direct from Philip ~ of Spain, he
stood next In the line OF uccess on,
even though not royal
Philip ~. OF Spain. who at tho
close OF the great War OF Spanish
Succession, ut the beginning OF tho
eighteenth century, brought tho
| French Bourbons on to the throne OF
Spnin, in the place OF the Austrian
liapsburgs, bore. prior to his election
as King OF Spain. the title OF Duke
| OF Anjou; and when he assumed the
crown of Spain in 100. he renowned
not only his French title OF Duke of
Anjou but likewise his status as Il
| French prince OF the blood and his
place in the line Of succession to the
French throne, both for himself and
for his descendants. In fact, he VOL
unfairly assumed a position in the
house of Bourbon inferior to all the
French branches thereof. including
that of Orleans
| No Spanish Bourbon line had ever
cndcavored TO recover these French
rights, which the Duke OF Anjou, who
had assembled the Spanish throne az
Philip ", had surrendered. until The
letter of the protender. Don Carlos,
quently the lawsuit of General
Francis dc Bourbon against the Duke
| of Orleans
| The latter suit was brought to a
close in a rather lgnomlnious fashl on.
| General Francis de Bourbon was
! given TO understand, by Queen
! Cristina, of Spain, who was regent of
| the kingdom at the time. that unless
| he at once dropped the ducal title of
Anjou, which ho had assumed without
the authority Of the Spanish crown,
he would at once be subjected to
! those severe. penalties which Spain
has In store for those who assume
titular distinctions without due war
rant; and she also intimated to him
that he would not merely be deprived
of his commission as general in the
army, but also OF all prospects OF
pensions and allowances. unless he at
once withdrew his prcposterous pre-
| tensions to the French throne, SO
much for General Francis dc Bourbon.
who subsequently was jailed in
Madrid. by the Governor, for at
| tempting to use his name of Bourbon
i to Interfere with police raid on a
common gambling house in Madrid.
| Now the matter has assumed a
fresh phase. and Don Jaime. the
Carlist protcndcr 10 the throne Of
Spain twho is maintaining his repu
tation as an invcterate gambler by
winning ssO00o in two days sittings
at Monte Carlo the other day.. has
started fresh suit In the French
courts, asking them 10 prevent the
Duke OF Orleans from using the arms
OF the chief OF the royal house OF
France. Briefs have been cxchang cd,
that of the Duke OF Orleans, which IS
very short and to the point. calling
attention 10 the fact that since the
Duke of Anjou. in 1900 abiured all
| his rights to the throne OF France,
the only line that retained any right
| Of succession TO the chleftainship OF
the royal house OF France, and TO the
use OF It's arms. was the senior
branch, then headed by Louis XIV,
! and which became extinct on the
death OF the Con,tc de Chambord that
OF Orleans OF which he was the chief
since tho Neapolitan Bourbons and
the Eourbons OF Parma we're both de-
seconded from that Duke of -Anjou
who renowned his rank and his place
| in the line OF succession to the
French throne, in order 10 hccomc
/ * ing of Spain, in 1900
There is no doubt as to the issue
OF tho trial, for French history un-
doubtedly confirms the rights OF the
Duke of Orleans, and. failing him.
those OF his brother Ferdinand. Duke
OF Montpensicr. The Bourbons OF tn.
Gus and il is not until they are all
! eXtinguislled in the male line that
! the rights Of the Spanish, Carltst,
Parma or Naples Bourbons to any
thing French can possibly come into
line.
| Finally. both the Duke of Orleans
and his brother. the Duke dc Mont
pensler. have been born as French
, citizens. and have received thci- edu-
cation In France; whereas Don
Jaime is not OF French, or even OF
Spanish BIRTH, spent his hoyhood in
/ England and in italy, aud received
his military training in the Russian
cavalry In which he has never adj
vanccd beyond the rank OF CAPTAIN on
the retired list of Grodno IIussars,
owing to his addiction to drink and
gambling II is these two shortcom-
| inSs that stand In the way of q mar
/ riaSc that might foster his mon
archical projects.
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