Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-22
.UpHOLDCLEMENCEAU.
France Will Now Put Down
 Riots With Strong Hand.
HUTISOUS TROOPS TO BE SHOT DOWN
seventeenth Regiment Revoltcd and Attacked Rarracks-Comrades Re- fused to Fire-Lacroisade Said,
 "ShoOt Me or Listen."

fused to Fire-Lacroisade Said,
 "shoot Me or Listen."
 PARIS, June 22.-By majority of 104 the chamber of deputies voteA con- fideuce in the government and gave the ministers free hands to employ the measures they think best to re-estab- lish the sovereignty of the law in the disturbed departments of the south.
 This result came after session of intense excitement over the mutinous movement of troops in the south fol lowing 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.
 Premier Clemenceau lost no time in imparting to the deputies the news from Narbonne, adding to the infor- nation already published the fact that over hundred soldiers were wounded in the fighting with the rioters. TlA latter, he said, had disappeared from the streets. The peasants from the surrounding villages, terrified at the shooting, had returned to their homes.
 Paris was thrown into consternatton by news that battalion of the Seven teenth infantry regiment stationed at Agde, in the department of Herault, deserted with its arms and ammuni- ton and joined the insurgent wine growers at Beziers, the headquarters i of the regiment. The mutineers, who mostly were recruited among the wine i growers, numbered about 400 men. They marched into Beziers, which has about 10000 inhabitants, with drums beating and colors flying, and camped in the principal square of the city, with stacked arms. The deserters tried to enlist the sympathies of the remain der of the regiment stationed at Be siers; but, failing to do so, they prom ised to eject them from their barracks
 The subprefect of Beziers informed Premier Clemenceau that the mutt neers had offered to return to Agde or the condition that they were not pun ished. A little later they renewed theil demand to he permitted to reoccupy their former barracks at Beziers. M Clemenceau curtly replied that he re 1. fused to barley with deserters or con slider any proposal but unconditiona surrender, adding that he was deter mined to. utilize all the government forces to restore order in the disaffect ed districts and to punish all riotou citizens and mutipous troops.
 The Eighty-first infantry when or dered to arrest the revolting Seven
 teenth refused to fire. EE I A dispatch to the Liberte from Be
 ziers said the Eighty-flrst regimen sl evacuated their barracks and went [ the quarters of the Thirteenth chas
 seurs.
 The One Hundredth regiment. tn dispatch continued, mutinied and lief
 Larzac, marching toward Beziers an arriving at Laurens, fifteen miles of. General Bailloud, commanding th Sixteenth corps at Montpelier, was ol dered to take all coercive measure , necessary to end the present situation ! The first revolt of the army showin itself makes the aspect of the Midi tn darkest yet. The Seventeenth reg
 ment, recently at Beziers, had been II
 moved from there to Aude. After r |, yolting 1t re-entered Beziers. i, At villeneuve General Lacroisad ! tried to harangue his men.
 "Shoot me or listen! he cried
 them. The soldiers replied that the desired to return to Beziers, whic they proceeded to do.
 Gendarmes were thrown across tf path to keep back the soldiers, but u soldiers leveled their guns, and u
 gendarmes fell back.
 The soldiers under the corporals the !, marched into Beziers, where thu u were acclaimed by the people, who ft