The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-06-27
CHAMBER UPHOLDS
| FRENCH CABINET
DEPUTIES VOTE CONFIDENCE IN
THE GOVERNMENT.
STATEMENT BY PREMIER
Opposition Makes Fierce But Futile
Attack-Presence Of Troops Re
stores Comparative Quiet
:. In South.

Paris, June 22.--By a majority Of
1O4 the chamber of deputies Friday
afternoon voted confidence in the gov
eminent and gave the ministers Q
free hand to employ the measures
they think best to establish the SOW
ereignty of the law in the disturbed
departments of the south.
This result came after day of ex
element over the mutinous movement
OF troops In the south, following the
widespread disorders of the wine
growers
The grave view the French capital
takes Of the revolutionary events in
the south Of France and the tragic
outcome was evidenced by the scene
in the chamber of deputies when the
government was interpellated on the
measures 1t proposed to take to re.
establish order. Even standing room
was not obtainable and many women
listened to the debate, which at times
was superheated. a a.. .ss
Premier Gives News to Deputies.
Premier Clemenceau lost no time in
imparting to the deputies the news
from Narbonne adding to the informa.
ton already published the fact that
over a hundred soldiers were wound,
ed in the fighting Thursday with the
rioters. The latter, he said, had dis.
appeared from the streets. The peas,
ants from the surrounding villages,
terrified at the shooting, took the first
trains for their homes.
Then, amid impressive silence, the
premier gave the official version of
the mutiny of the battalion of the
Seventeenth infantry at Agde and its
march to Beziers, fully confirming the
dispatches on the subject The pre-
mier added that he could not listen
to any proposition for the conditional
surrender of the mutineers, as it
would be a most fatal move for the
government to capitulate to the sol
diery He concluded with demand
ing q vote of confidence in the gov
eminent, so that the ministers could
carry out, in the name Of the chamber,
the work of repression on which in the
future much depended.
Fierce Attack by Opposition.
The opposition deputies fiercely at.
tackled the government, accusing the
ministers of sending agents to stir
up the populace in the south, assert
ing that the cuirassiers acted like
Cossacks, that the troops fired with
out little proyocation and without
notification, and that women and chill
dren had been slaughtered, and in
sisted that the release of NJ. Ferroul,
former mayor of Narbonne, would
alone restore calm. Otherwise, one
of the speakers asserted, "the bloody
rioting of to-day will be the revolu-
ton of tomorrow"
Former Minister Of Commerce MIL
lerand's denunciation of M. Clemen-
ceau was particularly violent, but fell
fiat, as he Is strongly suspected Of a
desire to succeed to the premiership.
Government 10 Supported.
Some of the more prominent mem
bers Of the opposition appeared to
place the interests of the country
above those of their party and held
up the hands of the government, be-
ing DESTROYS of giving the latter time
enough to bring the delinquents in
the south to account.
After six hours debate the chamber
generally adopted this view and by
927 to 223 votes decided to support
the cabinet. u.". t.-f-
After the terroristic events of
Thursday the aspect Of Narbonne
Friday was comparatively calm. Sol
diers were everywhere in such great
force that the inhabitants were at
least temporarily coerced into activ-
ity. The wreckage resulting from
Thursday nights riots still filters the
streets, and all the stores and banks
are closed and barred up.
More Soldiers In Narbonne.
Two more regiments of infantry
and two Of calvary arrived at Mar
bonnie Friday morning and detach.
ments of artillery are on their way
there. rsrtttla ps sfa.gb.-
The authorities of Narbonne have
issued orders that specific, routes must
be followed by those attending the
funerals of the riot victims. The
routes will be entirely isolated by
troops In the hope of thus prevent
ing dangerous demonstrations.
The receipt of a disfatch from Be
ziers later in the day, announcing
that the mutinous battalion had de-
cided to return to the rest of the reg
iment, caused decided satisfaction in
official circles as It was hoped that
the action taken would head off any
further open characterization among
the troops.