The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-22

sbetter. &ae declared that Nsfborpo was
z takeH &and that the wihegroWerS from
Fthe surrounding . country had FASTENED
10 take de traiRaome Again at, th~e-sound
,of rife firing,
The debate was very heated. The Depu-
ties from the Midi accused the soldierI OF
4fcting brutally. They accused the GpNbrn
iment of allowing notorious fraudulent
wine fabricators to evade punishment. NJ.
sMillerand denounced the Government o
want Of foresight, calling Its policy a MKT
cure of weakness and severity, and declar.
Sing IL was sudden and excessive. lie en-
Z couraged the House not to fear TO turn
the Ministry out even in the midst OF the
crisis.
Is NJ. Clemenceau spoke several times.
.once to deny that the soldiers ever fired
: without due notification, except in the
: case of the detective who was assaulted at
Narbonne, when there was not time to
notify the mob as the soldiers believed an
attack on the town hall was imminent.
He defended himself from the charge of
want Of foresight, because the manifestants
, proceedings we're legal until the resigna-
I tons Of officials began He added,
Then | leaned that territorial recruit
ing had produced a state of mind which
prevented the maintenance of order.
Colonies and Generals wrote me that the
men were disobedient and were turning
against those giving them orders"
z The Premier announced the receipt Of a
telegram that Gen. Bailloud had gone
alone before the mutinous soldiers. who
had entered the barracks.
At the close of the debate the vote of
: confidence was taken.
The mutiny in the south was not wholly
confined to the Seventeenth Infantry.
sStories vary, but two or perhaps three
z regiments we're involved. One story says
that the Seventeenth regiment, recently
at Beziers, had been removed from there
20 Aude. After revolving this morning
il reentered Beziers
. Al Villeneuve Gen. Lacroisade tried to
harangue his men.
Shoot me or listen!' he cried TO them,
) The soldiers replied that they desired to
: return TO Beziers. which they proceeded
70 do.
Gendarmes were thrown across the path
: 10 keep back the soldiers, but the soldiers
2 levelled their guns and the gendarmes
: fell back.
The soldiers, under the corporals, then
ina IiCH IN DttNSAb HNA> '''F ~ -
! claimed by the people, who fed them.
Z They encamped in the public square.
The Colonel remained at Aude.
Z According to one account, the soldiers
Z demanded the expulsion of the Eighty-first
Regiment, which replaced the Seventeenth
al Beziers, and demanded also that they
, be allowed to reenter the barracks.
! The Eighty-frst Regiment was ordered
p - rraat ,na ravpltiDn SRyaptannth The
men pointed their rifles at the Eighty-first,
who Joined the rebellion, refusing 10 fire
on their comrades.
: A despatch to the Temps from Beziers
: gave the number of the mutineers as 500
: with a band.
. The report Of those wounded on Thursday
and on Wednesday evening includes six
officers, nine non-commissioned officers
an. forty-seven soldiers.
Z Premier Clemencsau announced this
afternoon tn at Gen. Bailloud had bSought
the mutineers TO order.
Gen. Bailloud, commanding the Sixteenth
Corps at Montpelier, was ordered to take
all ~coercive measures necessary to end
the present situation, He left Montpelier
! with troops for Beziers, but the train was
forced 20 stop because the rails had been
ICInONtuH 40 IA Oh illSIi ~
reach Beziers by another route with FSen-
forcements Of artillery. ~~
A despatch from Beziers says it is re-
ported there that the General in command
sent the Eighty-frst Regiment TO arrest
the deserters at Aude. The troops and the
deserters met about two miles from Aude,
where the Eighty-frst fixed bayonets,
The deserters then fired a volley in the air
- - l-.-l .---r .1...Al Gill a~~tAAE
story says thai while the Eighty-frst re-
fused TO fire. the deserters fired a volley
in the air.
A despatch to the Libcrte from Beziers
said the Eighty-frst Regiment evacuated
their barracks and went to the quarters Of
the Thirteenth Chasseurs, The soldiers
OF the Seventeenth reentered their bar
racks
The Tooth Regiment, the despatch con-
tinued. mutinied and left Larzac, march
ing toward Beziers and arriving at Laurens.
mteeh iniies of.
A special and urgent meeting of the
Cabinet was held at noon at the Elysee,
and Premier Clemenceau described the
situation to his colleagues.
AL arrangements nave been made for
the funerals Of the victims of tn" riots this
afternoon ana IN 'Hder 10 avert a demOn-
~stration Of any character the troops will
not allow strangers to approach the funeral
procession.
Reports from Perpignan tell Of wild
scenes enacted there during the night.
The police commissary was finally as
eaulted by the mob and he took refuge in
the Grand Hotel. the windows and lights
OF which we're broken by the rioters.
At 0 O'Clock the mob attacked the project
ure. bombarding the doors with paving
stones. After hours Of bombardment the
doors gave way, the rioters breaking in
and setting fire to the coach house.
A mob burst into the Prefect's apart
ments, carrying of the %oficial's sword.
The Projects family, however, had with
drawn to safe quarters.
Furniture was flung into the burning
coach house. the fire spreading rapidly.
AT 1890 O'Clock the prefecture was in
flames and the troops and gendarmes were
driving back the rioters.
Az Montpelier a large body OF rioters