The Washington herald., 1907-06-20

Paris. June 19-Late this evening the
crowd al Narbonne built barricades In
the streets leading 70 the city hall Com
panies of unarmed soldiers were sent,
with an armed escort, to remove them.
The crowd reconstructed them again IN
an hour, but they were again removed by
the soldiers.
An attempt was made to set fire 70 the
doors Of the subprefecturs after oil was
poured on H. This led to a collision in
which several persons were injured 4
report. which lacks confirmation, says
from one TO six persons were killed.
A crowd at Montpelier tried % set fire
TO the courthouse The gendarmes inter
vened. but the crowd did not dsperse
until the riot act was read.
A peculiar incident is the sharp rise in
the price of wine in the Beziers market.
Wine that was quoted at from 20 70 50
centimes has risen 10 from l franc 10 /
franc 70 centimes. This is possibly due
10 the effect Of the anu-fraud BILL or TO
the governments efforts.
Albert had not been heard Of up 70
late hour tonight As the officers with
the warrants worked all Tuesday night,
they have been granted permission 70
rest.
Government CensOrs News.
It is too early to say whether France
has escaped deplorable scenes Of blood
shed of brothers in the Midi other than
/ the collisions here reported, but appar-
entity the Meridionaux. Ike other
Frenchmen. curl up and lie down when
the remarkable half-American Clemen-
ceau snaps his fingers II is true that
only four Of the official leaders Of the
! Midi revolt were arrested to-day, whereas
! the government procured warrants for
eight. but so far as the capital IS allowed
10 get news. the arrests were made With
out incident, while the Midi had boasted
that a show Of force by the government
| would provoke a revolution.
There is reason to believe that the gov
| ernment Is censoring news from the Midi.
but It is unlikely that great development
could occur without reports reaching
Paris by other routes than the telegraph
and telephone within a reasonable num-
that If Albert escaped. as the early re-
ports indicated. il may have been under
circumstances similar TO those which led
Lincoln 10 say. "If you have an elephant
by the tail and he wants 10 get away
why not let go2" Albert I'm the guise Of q
MARTYR might be troublesome because II Is
/. unouestionable that the people adore him
Arrest of Mayor of Narbonne.
NJ Ferroul. the striking mayor Of Mar
bonne and next TO Marcelin Albert The
most prominent figure in the wine-grow
ers' revolt in the south of France, was
arrested at $50 o'clock this morning an'
hurried away 20 Montpelier.
Before daybreak all roads leading 20 NJ
Ferrouls house were held by cuirassier'
i'm strong force. His bodyguard Of win'
growers. among whom were many women
which had been nightly watching owe
the safety Of their leader was on duty al
usual but when the wine growers foun'
themselves surrounded by the arme'
forces Of the government they did no
attempt any resistance.
When VI. Ferroul appeared in CUSTODY
of a police commissary the crowd mo
lmentariIy threatened a rescue, but tn
MAYOR begged that there be no conflic
with the troops. and he was placed il
q carriage and escorted by 10 cuiras
, siers. taken TO the railroad station a
! Narbonne. where a special train wa
awaiting. and started Immediately 70
= | Montpelier.
Martial law is in full force in the vine
r wards of the south, and the governmen
? IS hopeful that the display Of streng1
a which Il is making viii soon crush th
70 incipleut rebellion.
h Premier Clemenceau remained at IN
. ministry Of the interior all night long s
as to personally direct the procedure o
/ his representatives on the spot. The tele
S phone lines southwark have all bee
seized for the exclusive use Of the min
T istry Of the interior. and they were keI
o busy the entire night
e The arrest and removal Of NJ. Ferror
g from the immediate scene Of his activit
- is regarded as important, as 1t IS though
: il viii disintegrate the strike Of tn
mayors, for which he was held respons
BILE But for the rebellion Of the munic
: palities the government believes th
- movement would have ended as II began
= I'm meetings of protest-as Albert did no
u contemplate civic anarchy when b
y started his crusade.
Leader Albert Escapes.
!. At Argeniers the state and police au
e thorities. escorted by an imposing mil
tary force, raided the headquarters Of th
central committee of the wine growers
organization at daybreak with warrant
for the arrest Of Marcelln Albert and tn
= members Of the central committee, bu
they found that the leader Of the move
3 ment and several of his lleutenants ha
u already fled Only three committeeme
T were captured. They were sent to Mont
pellier.
3, Strong forces Of troops are securing tn
L country. hunting down the fugitive'
W Their escape was facilitated by the fac
m that the people burned the bridge at tn
entrance of Argelliers last evening, maI
, ing a long detOur necessary and delayin
l. the arrival of the governments repre-
n sentatives.
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