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Francisco Oller Simón

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Francisco Oller Simón
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Born
Francisco Oller Simón

1860[1]
Barcelona, Spain
Died1940[2]
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalitySpanish
Occupation(s)publisher, lawyer
Known forpublisher
Political partyCarlism

Francisco de Paula Oller Simón (1860–1940) was a Spanish and Argentinean publisher. Politically he supported the Carlist cause. He is known mostly as owner, manager and the moving spirit behind numerous Traditionalist periodicals, mostly El Legitimista Español (1898–1912) and España (1915–1929), both published in Buenos Aires. In Spain he briefly issued some Carlist Barcelona-based periodicals in 1889–1892; during this period he managed a publishing house Biblioteca Tradicionalista and published numerous propagandistic books, booklets and brochures. In 1898-1912 he was the chief Carlist representative for South America.

Family and youth

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father

The Oller surname, possibly of French origin, was first noted in Spain in Catalan records from the 11th century;[3] however, there is close to nothing known about Oller's distant ancestors. His paternal grandparents were Manuel Oller from Barcelona and Rosa Pallarol from San Vicente dels Horts, yet their social position remains unclear;[4] according to their grandson, they formed a “modest family”.[5] Their son and the father of Francisco, Manuel Oller Pallarol (1810–1888),[6] reportedly followed somewhat chaotic secondary education curriculum[7] and ascended to middle strata, though it is not certain what he was doing for a living. In parish books he was recorded as “propietario”[8] and apparently he had enough financial means to engage in legitimist and Catholic propaganda and charity;[9] fearing his economic contribution to the Carlist war effort, during the Third Carlist War the government embargoed his property.[10] At unspecified date Manuel married Concepción Simón Ramonich (1824–1883), also from Barcelona.[11]

It is not clear how many children Manuel and Concepción had and whether Francisco had any siblings.[12] The family was fervently religious and he was brought up accordingly.[13] He inherited also the Carlist zeal;[14] following outbreak of the Third Carlist War he twice escaped from home trying to enlist in legitimist troops, but failed. The third attempt was successful, and in 1874, as a 14-year-old, he was able to “change my college cap for a Carlist beret”.[15] Francisco's war lasted barely a year; serving in 4. Batallón de Lérida under Ceferino Escola, he took part in defense of Seo de Urgel and was taken prisoner there, according to his own account in the rank of alférez.[16] Back in Barcelona he returned to school and some time in the late 1870s he obtained bachillerato in the local Escuelas Pías. In 1880 he was due to perform military service, evaded by means of regular substitution payment of 2.000 pesetas.[17]

Lo Crit de la Patria

In 1881 in Havana Oller married Carmen Anguis Carmona (1868-?[18]).[19] None of the sources consulted provides any closer information, e.g. it is not known whether the bride was Cuban, in what circumstances the two have met and why Oller travelled across the Atlantic. In 1883 latest the couple resided in Barcelona. Oller entered the editorial board of a freshly launched Catalan-language Carlist weekly, Lo Crit de la Patria; it was owned by Antonio Quintana, a local publisher and owner of the La Propaganda Catalana publishing house.[20] According to some earlier historiographic works Oller founded or co-founded the weekly[21] and himself he claimed having managed it since the early 1880s, but a present-day historian maintains he assumed management somewhat later.[22] Francisco and Carmen lived in Barcelona. It is not clear how many children they had,[23] but there is only one known, Concepción Oller Anguis, born in the late 1880s. She would later marry in Buenos Aires;[24] Oller had one granddaughter, Concepción Amoedo Oller, an Argentinean citizen.[25]

Spain (1883-1892)

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Oller, late 1880s
Oller, late 1880s

Except an unsuccessful 1886[26] attempt to run for Diputación Provincial of Barcelona,[27] Oller focused on propaganda. Apart from a theatrical drama Combates del corazón (1884) he wrote La España Carlista (1885),[28] a set of essays revolving around the Third Carlist War and largely formatted as polemics with Antonio Pirala.[29] He also wrote few prologues[30] and one translation from French.[31] In 1887 he assumed management of Lo Crit de la Patria and steered it as a vehement Carlist propaganda vehicle,[32] publishing venomous diatribes against the Madrid governments.[33] However, in 1888 he faced a conflict within Traditionalist ranks, caused by secession of Nocedal-led faction named Integrists. Quintana assumed ambiguous stand, and Oller suspended his collaboration having declared that “l’estat de la lluyta actual dins lo partit carlista” makes him re-consider. Eventually, when Lo Crit de la Patria sided with the rebels, Oller opted for total loyalty to his king and left the periodical.[34]

Though no longer behind the steering wheel of Lo Crit, in 1888 Oller was subject to legal investigation related to articles, published earlier during his tenure. Apart from open exaltation of Carlos de Borbón as the king, he was also charged with barely veiled reference to the prime minister Sagasta as “canalla”.[35] The matter was examined in various courts, and following numerous appeals he got two sentences for the total of 7 months of incarceration and the fine of 4.000 pesetas;[36] he spend the period between June 1888 and January 1889 behind bars.[37] Once set free he was immediately invited by the claimant to Venice, where he spent some time later that year;[38] he declared himself “un enamorado de la figura política del Rey Carlos VII”.[39]

In 1889 Oller founded a Barcelona-based publishing house, Biblioteca Tradicionalista (BT).[40] In 1889 BT launched two periodicals. A weekly Lo Crit d’Espanya was sort of continuation of Lo Crit de la Patria and assumed similar, belligerent stand;[41] a monthly El Estandarte Real was formatted as “revista politico-militar ilustrada”, mostly dedicated to Carlist heroic past.[42] In 1891 BT started to publish a third periodical, a satirical irregular La Carcajada. All featured high graphical standards, ensured by artistic management of Paciano Ross.[43] BT published also portraits of Carlos VII and his family members; some as large as 58x83 cm, they were decorating walls of Carlist circulos.[44]

Oller (centre, white suit) during Carlist event in Manlleu, 1890

In 1889–1892 as part of Carlist propaganda machinery BT published some 20 books, booklets and brochures; they included ideological treaties, historiography, poetry, military manuals and other by various authors, including Ramiro Fernandez Valbuena, Joaquin Llorens, Modesto Hernandez Villaescusa, José de Liñan and Reynaldo Brea.[45] Oller's flagship product, however, was Album de personajes carlistas, a 600-page set of 75 biographies he has written himself, again illustrated by Ross. First two volumes, published in 1887–1888, were released by Quintana; Oller purchased publishing rights and in 1890 BT issued the third volume. Highly apologetic and at times missing substance,[46] until today the publication remains a valuable historiographic source.[47]

Financial disaster

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Lo Crit d'Espanya

Biblioteca Tradicionalista was a broadly-scaled publishing house, which for a few years kept issuing 3 periodicals and tens of books. However, its commercial performance was at best moderate. At the time there were 3 somewhat competitive Carlist publishing houses in Barcelona, the other two having been La Hormiga de Oro (Luis Llauder) and La Biblioteca Regional (Josep Font Fargas, Joan M. Roma).[48] Circulation of BT-issued periodicals was between 500 and 2000 copies,[49] barely sufficient to render the exercise economically viable. Even though the company tried various activities – e.g. Oller was Spanish representative of Rafael Díez de la Cortina and his Cortina Method of learning foreign languages[50] - it was barely making profit.

According to Oller, his problems were aggravated by other factors. He allegedly made some business decisions when trusting in promises of support and financial engagement on part of various individuals, the assistance which has never materialized;[51] some claimed that he was “abandonado por los suyos, sin ayuda ni auxilio”.[52] Oller referred also hostile official administrative measures, including censorship interventions and heavy fines;[53] the 4.000 ptas fine administered against him was equal to annual salary of a junior university professor.[54] In 1891 the claimant Carlos VII prohibited opening one more Carlist periodical in Barcelona; the intention was to spare competition to Oller.[55] Oller later confessed that he spent almost all inheritance from his late father to sustain the business,[56] but the money have eventually run out.[57] What happened later is not exactly clear; in 1892 either the business went bust or he sold it at a very low price.[58] The younger brother of the claimant, Alfonso Carlos, offered 2.000 ptas from his own money, but it was too little too late.[59]

Perseo

Closure of BT was passed over in silence by the Carlist press,[60] though the republican one cheered its demise, especially that all 3 periodicals issued by BT ceased to appear. Having learnt that he intended to leave for America, the republicans ridiculed Oller.[61] In 1892 he sold most of his belongings, though it is not clear how the money has been spent, as he later declared having left Spain with merely 2 pounds sterling of his entire capital.[62] Neither any source clarifies why he decided to launch a new life overseas and not in Spain, and in particular whether he was fleeing unpaid debts. In October 1892 Oller, his wife and his daughter boarded an Italian liner Perseo and departed for Argentina; 3 weeks later they arrived in Buenos Aires. Apart from the small capital mentioned, he was carrying some memorabilia from the wartime past, including a Remington rifle, a sabre, a spade and a red beret.[63]

Argentina: early years (1892-1908)

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Oller (sitting 1fR) with collaborators, late 1890s

Shortly after arrival in Buenos Aires Oller found an office job in Casa de Comercio, which he would hold for 16 years to come.[64] According to his own account most of the 1890s was a difficult time; thought not in poverty,[65] he had to work hard, especially that his wife was under constant medical treatment.[66] However, he found some time to pursue interest in letters; in 1896 his historiographic booklet España en el mundo earned him primer premio de prosa in Juegos Florales del Centro Unión Obrera Española,[67] and in 1897 he published Certamen Franciscano Literario y Artístico, follow-up of cultural event organized by the local Franciscans.[68] Francisco Melgar, the secretary of the claimant, in epistolographic exchange encouraged Oller to resume propagandistic activities; the 1898 personal letter from Carlos VII was written to the same purpose; also, the claimant nominated Oller his representative in Southern America.[69] Oller set up Comisión Central de Propaganda Carlista en la América del Sud;[70] its branches appeared in Uruguay,[71] Bolivia,[72] Paraguay, Peru and Ecuador.[73]

El Legitimista Español, issue from 1898

In 1898 Oller launched El Legitimista Español,[74] initially a bi-weekly and then a monthly; 174 issues would be published[75] until its closure in 1912.[76] Usually a 4-page print, at times it went out in 8, 10 or even more pages. Its director was Luis Mas Nadal, the son of former Oller's commander from the Third Carlist War,[77] yet historians agree that it was Oller who remained the spiritus movens of the periodical; he formally assumed directorship in 1908.[78] El Legitimista was welcome enthusiastically by the Carlist community; the infant Don Jaime sent greetings from his garrison in Warsaw.[79] Oller envisioned a grand scheme, with offices in every South American capital; eventually El Legitimista remained a local Buenos Aires paper, with 300 subscribers and sales of some 2.500 copies.[80] The weekly adhered to orthodox Carlist line,[81] which gained him hostility of another Spanish bonaerense periodical, El Correo Español. The latter represented the “el adentro”, Argentina-focused perspective; El Legitmista was rather “del afuera”, with much attention to Spain.[82]

At some point in the early 1900s Oller either founded or co-founded Centro de Publicidad Universal Lux, a Buenos-Aires-based publishing house which took over issuing of El Legitimista. It briefly published also La Hispano-Argentina, an ambitious cultural review with tuned town Carlist tone and formatted rather as a generic Catholic periodical.[83] Centro de Publicidad Universal became a fairly successful enterprise. Its offices, just like premises of El Legitimista, were moved to Avenida Belgrano 1658, an excellent point in the Buenos Aires financial quarter.[84] They hosted a store, which apart from books and press sold tobacco, perfumes, pharmaceuticals and other ware. The spacious Belgrano office was also accommodating numerous social events co-organized by Oller, like conferences, banquets, lectures, celebrations of Carlist feasts etc., at times gathering as much as 200 participants.[85]

Argentina: climax and crisis (1908-1912)

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banquet at Centro de Publicidad Universal (Oller 4fL), 1900s

The turn of decades marked a climax in Oller's Argentinean career. Centro Universal became a recognized institution. He emerged as a personality in right-wing Spanish circles of Buenos Aires,[86] receiving homages by organisations like Juventud Carlista and Juventud Católica; he became the president of the latter.[87] He opened a bookstore named La Enciclopedia.[88] In 1907 jointly with F. Rainieri he published Manual práctico de cálculos mercantiles,[89] result of his practice in Casa de Comercio and studies at the University of Buenos Aires, which he pursued at times as regular and at times as free student. He specialized in commercial law; his academic career was crowned in 1908, when Oller graduated at Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales thanks to a dissertation Libros de comercio, promoted by Silvestre H. Blousson.[90] Since then he advertised in the press as “Francisco P. de Oller. Abogado”.[91]

In 1908 Oller set up a company, Empresa Edificadora Villa Loredán SA. Its objective was to build an entirely new settlement, Villa Loredán; the name was taken from the residence of Carlos VII in Venice. It was supposed to be a Carlist-only place, with streets named after Carlist heroes.[92] In 1909 the statute and board membership were published; Oller became presidente interino. Financial details are highly unclear; except possible link to Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires, there were no large companies involved and capital was to be raised by sales of shares. However, in late 1909 and quoting “obstáculos imprevistos e insalvables”, the company was dissolved.[93] The project was scaled down. In 1910 El Legimista was advertising plots in Villa España, a future settlement in Quilmes, half-way between Buenos Aires and La Plata; the intention was to build residential estates, named Villa Loredán, Villa Jaime III, etc.[94] None of them has been constructed; the only remnant of the project was a street named "calle Carlos VII". In 1961, when the Berazategui borough separated from Quilmes, all street names were changed, and "calle Carlos VII" became "calle 152".[95]

Carlist standard

Following failed construction project another blow came in 1912. Its dynamics is unclear. Oller's bookstore La Enciclopedia re-arranged its display windows as sort of Carlist exhibition, with books, portraits, decorations and other memorabilia, some from his private collection. This triggered protests by members of the bonaerense Spanish community, with reportedly “thousands of people” involved; some of them were getting violent with risk of the bookstore being vandalized.[96] It is unclear whether the official administration or police demanded removal of the exhibition, but this is what has occurred shortly. Afterwards El Legitimista printed an editorial note; it claimed that because of “recent events” and with the intention to prevent damages “to legitimist cause in America”, the board decided to suspend publication of the weekly.[97] Present day historian when referring the story chooses not to offer any speculations, except that Oller's law practice might have been at stake. He soon moved his law office to another, more peripheral location.[98] Also, in 1912 Oller resigned as Don Jaime's representative for South America.[99]

Argentina: late years (1912-1940)

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Oller (sitting) with family, mid-1920s

After 1912 Oller for 3 years was not managing any periodical. However, he set his eyes on España, a review launched 4 years earlier by a group of Spanish migrants and struggling. In 1915 and in unclear circumstances he took it over and re-branded as “revista patriótica española”. According to a historian the periodical did not assume an openly Carlist format, posing rather as a paper of Spaniards in South America, yet to some readers it was sort of continuation of El Legitimista, but with more pages and more adverts.[100] Though its office was at a peripheral calle Azul 248, the monthly would remain on the market for 14 years. For some time, during the First World War, it adopted a sub-title of “Revista hispano-germanófila”,[101] a clear mark of Oller's support for the German Empire and his anti-British stand. Very briefly in 1917 he managed to resurrect El Legitimista, this time as “periódico Jaimista”; only 5 issues appeared and the title was discontinued with a declaration that “political circumstances which justified its re-appearance have ceased”.[102]

In 1918 Oller was granted the Argentinean citizenship; it was not required of an abogado, but remained a must in case of a notary, which might not have been irrelevant for the 58-year-old.[103] It is known he visited Spain, though unclear when.[104] He also maintained epistolographic exchange with numerous Spanish correspondents. It was particularly cordial when writing with Jaime de Orbe, barón de Montevilla, from the iconic Carlist Valde-Espina family;[105] in his last will, Oller decided Orbe would take over his Carlism-related heritage.[106] In the mid-1920s Orbe started subscriptions for a luxurious homage book,[107] which materialized in 1928; Oller was very moved upon receiving it.[108] At the time he was already suffering from poor health and unspecified family problems, perhaps related to death of his son-in-law and his daughter remaining on her own;[109] he quoted above reasons when closing España in 1929.[110] However, as an insatiable publisher in 1931 he launched Monarquía Española, an irregular political-literary review;[111] it closed in 1932.[112]

El Requeté

During the Spanish civil war Oller clearly sided with the Nationalists. However, his focus was on their Traditionalist component, and he made some last propaganda efforts, intended to sustain the Carlist cause. He published 2 brochures, largely excerpts from his 1928 homage book, Dios-Patria-Rey. Laureles a Un Carlista (1936) and Dios-Patria-Rey. Más Laureles a Un Carlista (1937).[113] In 1938 he launched Boletín Tradicionalista, published until after his death,[114] and another one, titled El Requeté,[115] which appeared briefly.[116] Oller rejected the Franco-imposed unification decree and kept underlying the Carlist identity of “soldados de la Fe, Cruzados de Cristo”; in return, the Falange Española Tradicionalista Secretaría General ordered its foreign section to monitor Oller as a suspicious individual.[117] In 1939 he attended the Buenos Aires celebrations of the Carlist Mártires de la Tradición ceremony, with an empty seat reserved for representative of the Spanish government.[118]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ until recently it was believed Oller was born in 1850, the date claimed already during his lifetime by Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana; now it is maintained e.g. by RAH, compare Cesar Alcalá, Francisco de Paula Oller, [in:] Real Academia de Historia service, available here. However, in private correspondence he corrected the date as false a number of times and attributed the error to a certain “reverendo padre franciscano”; he claimed he was born in 1860, and this is the year adopted in recent historiographic work, see Jordi Canal, Díos, Patria, Rey: carlismo y guerras carlistas, Madrid 2024, ISBN 978-84-19661-67-8, p. 277
  2. ^ until recently the widely adopted year of his death was 1941, compare Cesar Alcalá, Francisco de Paula Oller, [in:] Real Academia de Historia service, available here. However, a present-day historian found documents which certify he died in 1940, e.g. records in Registro Civil de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, see Canal 2024, p. 381
  3. ^ Apellido Oller, [in:] Instituto de Historia Familair service, available here
  4. ^ Canal 2024, p. 278
  5. ^ Lo Crit de la Patria 25.05.88, available here
  6. ^ Canal 2024, p. 278
  7. ^ “cursá sols algunas assignaturas de segona ensenyansa”, Lo Crit de la Patria 25.05.88, available here
  8. ^ Canal 2024, p. 278
  9. ^ he co-founded Sociedad Católica d’amichs del poble, Ateneo Católico-Monárquico, Juventud Católica, and numerous charity initiatives, mostly related to his Nuestra Señora del Carmen parish; in 1870 he formed Juntas Carlistas in Barcelona, Lo Crit de la Patria 25.05.88, available here. He was “uno de los propagandistas católicos y monárquicos de más empuje de Barcelona”, Canal 2024, p. 278
  10. ^ Lo Crit de la Patria 25.05.88, available here
  11. ^ she was daughter of Juan Simón and Rosa Ramonich; the former was the native of Barcelona and the latter of Tremp, Canal 2024, p. 278
  12. ^ in death note of his father only Francisco is mentioned as his child, see Lo Crit de la Patria 25.05.88, available here. In 1896 there were Mercedes and Julia Oller Simón living at calle Riereta 11 in Barcelona, but it is not clear whether they were related, Annuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración 1896, available here
  13. ^ Oller’s homage article, dedicated to memory of his late parents, is singularly uninformative as to specifics, and dwells mostly on their religiosity and Christianity, Lo Crit de la Patria 25.05.88, available here
  14. ^ as early as 1870, as a 10-year-old, he joined the local Ateneo Católico-Monárquico (co-founded earlier by his father), Canal 2024, p. 279
  15. ^ “cambiar en Vich mi gorrita de colegial por la boina carlista”, Canal 2024, p. 279
  16. ^ Canal 2024, p. 280
  17. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 280-281
  18. ^ in 1910 she was 42, Canal 2024, p. 376, also Ship Asturias arriving to Buenos Aires, [in:] Hebrew Surnames service, available here. Her death date is not clear. She is known to have been of poor health, during long spells under medical treatment. In a carefully arranged 1926 family photo she is missing; when in 1929 writing his last will, Oller did not mention his wife
  19. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 280-281
  20. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 266-267
  21. ^ Melchor Ferrer, Historia del tradicionalismo español, vol. XXVIII, Sevilla 1959, p. 151
  22. ^ Canal 2024, p. 282
  23. ^ in death note of his father Francisco is mentioned along “sas fillas, fills polítichs”, Lo Crit de la Patria 25.05.88, available here
  24. ^ named Juan Manuel Amoedo, Canal 2024, p. 376
  25. ^ Canal 2024, p. 376
  26. ^ from Igualada, La Vanguardia 13.09.86
  27. ^ Jordi Canal, De Barcelona a Buenos Aires (1889-1898): Francisco de Paula Oller, la propaganda carlista y la fundación de El Legitimista Español, [in:] Pasado y Memoria 26 (2023), p. 86, Canal 2024, p. 281
  28. ^ the book is available online on GoogleBooks service, compare here
  29. ^ full title La España Carlista. Retrato de los partidarios de Don Carlos por sus detractores, y breve reseña de la organización, progresos y vicisitudes del campo carlista, tomando como objetivo principal la última guerra civil
  30. ^ to Manojito de pensamientos entresacados y deducidos de la obrita ‘El liberalismo es pecado’ (1887, set of commentaries on the work of Felix Sarda y Salvany), Ramillete de flores republicanas ofrecido a Don Carlos en su reciente viaje a las Américas (1887, collection of literary works dedicated to the claimant Carlos VII), Blanca y Leopoldo (1889, homage book dedicated to Blanca de Borbón and Leopold von Habsburg on their wedding)
  31. ^ Dos Reyes by Principe de Valori, Canal 2023, p. 84, Canal 2024, pp. 283-284. He also intended to write and publish history also a history of the Third Carlist War, the work which has never materialized, Canal 2024, p. 273
  32. ^ Canal 2024, p. 282
  33. ^ Canal 2024, p. 283
  34. ^ Canal 2023, p. 81
  35. ^ Canal 2024, p. 283
  36. ^ Canal 2024, p. 282
  37. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 283-284. He wrote a brief account of his imprisonment, titled Mis prisiones; it was published in 1892 under the pen-name of J. Génova, Canal 2024, p. 273
  38. ^ during the journey he also visited the Carlist queen Margarita de Borbón in her Tenuta Reale residence. It is not clear whether he attended the wedding of infanta Blanca in Frohsdorf, though he later wrote a memorial volume, Canal 2024, p. 285
  39. ^ Canal 2024, p. 287
  40. ^ Canal 2023, p. 78, Canal 2024, pp. 261-265
  41. ^ Canal 2023, pp. 81-82
  42. ^ according to his later private letter the review had 2000 subscribers, Canal 2024, p. 271
  43. ^ Canal 2023, p. 82
  44. ^ Canal 2024, p. 274
  45. ^ Canal 2023, p. 83, Canal 2024, pp. 272-273
  46. ^ e.g. the biography of Francisco de Ulibarri does not mention his year of birth, see Album de personajes carlistas, vol. 3, pp. 151-154
  47. ^ compare e.g. the index in Jordi Canal, El carlisme català dins l'Espanya de la Restauració: un assaig de modernització política (1888-1900), Vic 1998, ISBN 978-84-7602-243-6, p. 311
  48. ^ Canal 2023, p. 78, Canal 2024, pp. 261-265
  49. ^ Canal 2024, p. 271
  50. ^ Canal 2023, p. 83, Canal 2024, pp. 272-273
  51. ^ Canal 2024, p. 295
  52. ^ Canal 2024, p. 293
  53. ^ Canal 2024, p. 296
  54. ^ at the time the annual salary of Miguel de Unamuno, who headed the chair of Greek at the University of Salamanca, was 3.500 ptas, Carlos Serrano, Miguel de Unamuno: Entre histoire et littérature, Paris 2004, ISBN 978-2-87854-309-4, p. 171
  55. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 293-294
  56. ^ “gasté en la propaganda la herencia, no colosal, pero sí regular, que me dejaron mis padres”, Canal 2024, p. 296
  57. ^ Canal 2024, p. 296
  58. ^ Canal 2024, p. 293
  59. ^ according to Oller it was too late; he telegraphed in return: “imposible, quemadas naves, agradecidísimo”, quoted after Canal 2024, p. 295
  60. ^ except a single case of Reynaldo Brea, who in his set of Carlist biographies dedicated a 3-page chapter to Oller and mentioned briefly that “en Septiembre del año 1892 emigró a Buenos Aires”, Barón de Artagán, Politicos del carlismo, Barcelona 1913, p. 264
  61. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 291-292
  62. ^ Canal 2024, p. 298
  63. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 298-299
  64. ^ Canal 2024, p. 297
  65. ^ Oller changed his Buenos Aires residence every some time, which might be indicative of his changing financial and social status. His biographer lists the addresses at calle Belgrano 1620, calle de Defensa 425, calle Carlos Calvo 3915, calle Carlos Calvo 4260, and Calle Montevideo 961, Canal 2024, pp. 300, 373, 381
  66. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 297-298
  67. ^ Canal 2024, p. 304
  68. ^ Canal 2024, p. 303
  69. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 306-308; the representative for North America was Rafael Díez de la Cortina
  70. ^ Canal 2024, p. 308
  71. ^ the Uruguay branch was named Comisión Departamental de Propaganda Carlista in Uruguay, Canal 2024, p. 310
  72. ^ Canal 2024, p. 311
  73. ^ Ferrer 1959, p. 231
  74. ^ Canal 2024, p. 311
  75. ^ there were few short breaks when the paper did not go out, e.g. in 1907 due to “la forzosa suspensión” (unclear whether due to financial problems or administrative measures), Canal 2024, p. 320
  76. ^ Canal 2024, p. 320
  77. ^ Luis was the brother of Teodoro Mas Nadal, in the 1910s member of the Catalan Carlist executive, La Tradicion 08.10.98, available here
  78. ^ Canal 2024, p. 324
  79. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 317-318
  80. ^ Canal 2024, p. 323
  81. ^ initially it appeared with the sub-title of “periodica carlista”. In 1909 (following death of Carlos VII?) it was changed to “periodico tradicionalista”
  82. ^ Canal 2024, p. 340
  83. ^ Canal 2024, p. 333
  84. ^ the office of El Legitimista was initially located at calle Tacuari 83, then at calle San Martin 417, and calle Reconquista 476; it moved to Belgrano 1658 in 1902, Canal 2024, p. 332
  85. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 336-337
  86. ^ in 1911 Don Jaime confirmed Oller his as Carlist representative for South America, Canal 2024, p. 326
  87. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 348-90
  88. ^ Canal 2024, p. 327
  89. ^ Canal 2024, p. 300
  90. ^ Canal 2023, p. 91
  91. ^ Canal 2024, p. 299
  92. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 342-344. The enterprise was by no way exceptional, and there were some other attempts to build in Argentina new settlements intended for ideologically homogeneous groups, see e.g. the case of Blasco Ibañez (Cervantes and Nueva Valencia) and Rafael Calzada (Colonia Calzada), Canal 2024, p. 345
  93. ^ Canal 2024, p. 363
  94. ^ others were to be named Villa Pio X and Villa Froshdorf (after the Austrian residence of Don Jaime)
  95. ^ though informally it might still be referred to as “calle Carlos VII”, e.g. on real estate sites, Canal 2024, pp. 364-370
  96. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 327-328
  97. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 325-327
  98. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 325-329
  99. ^ Canal 2024, p. 326
  100. ^ Canal 2024, p. 372
  101. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 372-374
  102. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 329-330
  103. ^ Canal 2024, p. 373
  104. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 297-298
  105. ^ he was son of José María de Orbe y Gaytán de Ayala, V. Marqués de Valde-Espina, the leader of Carlism in Gipuzkoa
  106. ^ Canal 2024, p. 375
  107. ^ El Eco de Gerona 13.11.26, available here
  108. ^ the Album de Honor, a luxury edition, on of the first pages contained greerigns from the claimant, Don Jaime; hundreds of others followed, Canal 2024, pp. 374-375
  109. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 371, 377
  110. ^ he was overweight (97 kilos) and apparently depressed, as he wrote that “no hay perspectivas de nada”, referred after Canal 2024, p. 378
  111. ^ Canal 2024, p. 378
  112. ^ Antonio César Moreno Cantano, Los servicios de Prensa extranjera en el primer franquismo (1936-1945) [PhD thesis Universidad de Alcalá de Henares], Alcalá de Henares 2008, p. 95
  113. ^ Canal 2024, pp. 303, 378
  114. ^ Moreno Cantano 2008, p. 95
  115. ^ Canal 2024, p. 380
  116. ^ the 1938 date provided in recent and well-researched work, Canal 2024, p. 380, see also the digitalised version, available here. According to an earlier work El Requeté appeared in 1934-1936, Moreno Cantano p. 95.
  117. ^ Canal 2024, p. 379
  118. ^ at the time delegado of Comunión Tradicionalista in Argentina, nominated by Don Javier, was Demetrio Climent, Canal 2024, p. 380

Further reading

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  • Jordi Canal, De Barcelona a Buenos Aires (1889-1898): Francisco de Paula Oller, la propaganda carlista y la fundación de El Legitimista Español, [in:] Pasado y Memoria 26 (2023), pp. 76–100
  • Jordi Canal, Díos, Patria, Rey: carlismo y guerras carlistas, Madrid 2024, ISBN 978-84-19661-67-8
  • Jordi Canal, El carlisme català dins l'Espanya de la Restauració: un assaig de modernització política (1888-1900), Vic 1998, ISBN 978-84-7602-243-6
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