At a meeting of Spanish Monarchists here yesterday, ex-King Alfonso XIII formally reasserted his exclusive rights to the Spanish throne. The object of the meeting was to define the attitude of the Monarchist Party following the latest developments in Spain.
Other candidates to the throne proposed at the meeting were Prince Xavier of Bourbon Parme, Prihce Charles of Habsburg, and Archduke Leopold Salvator of Habsburg. These candidates were presented by the Carlists, who argued that many of the delegates would oppose the candidacy of ex-King Alfonso or his son Don Juan, Prince of the Asturias.
The delegates promptly rejected the candidatures of Prince Charles and Prince Xavier.
When several of those present advocated that Don Juan be named the sole pretender to the throne, ex-King Alfonso stood up and vehemently opposed the suggestion, stating that he claimed the rights to the throne which he had never abdicated, and asserting that the Prince of the Asturias would be the first one to admit that he, Alfonso, is the only possible King of Spain.—Havas,
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