New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
MIDI UNDER CONTROL.
TOXINS ARMED CAMPS.
Great Relief in Paris-PrecautionS
against Disorder To-day.

Paris. June ga profound sense OF relief
pervades the French capital o-night owing to
the check to the outbreak IN the south, which is
described by ex-Premier Ribot as the worst
internal crisis in France in the last thirty
years. The government apparently is salts
fled that it has the situation well in hand and
that the overwhelming forces of troops garri-
soning the whole area will prevent a recrudes-
cence Of the armed revolt against the central
power. Such mobilization of military forces
has not previously been witnessed in the life
of the Third Republic. All the towns and the
majority of the villages in the two disturbed
departments are armed camps.
TO-night's dispatches represent that general
surface calm prevails, although there one
two storm centres in isolated districts There
are some evidences. too, of anxiety over possible
oeFeloprnents Tomorrow, Sunday being Frances
favorite day for demonstration. Both civil and
military authorities. however, have made ample
preparations
No further disturbances of Importance were
reported. The mutinous troops returned to their
barracks at AGde the roll call showing only one
man missing
THE WINE FRAUDS BILL PASSED.
The Chamber of Deputies passed as a whole
practically unanimously all the clauses of the
wine frauds bill previously adopted separate
~, thus enabling the government to put tho
measure into immediate effect and remove the
principal grievances Of the wine growers, and.
finally. the bishops in the disturbed
horted the people to refrain from further vio-
lence.
The result was that Premier Clemenceau was
able 10 give his collea CUES a generally hoDeful
report on the situation to-day but the intended
visits of President Fallieres TO Royan and Bor-
deauX and all the ministerial engagements for
entertainments in the near future were
celled. The dinner which was to have been
given by the French chambers Of commerce
on Monday in honor of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the
Canadian Premier: w. S. Fielding, the Cana
dian Minister of Finance. and L. P. Brodeur,
the Canadian Minister of Marine and Fish
cries, was postponed on account Of the national
sorrow at the blOOdshed in the South of France
a new feature of the situation was contained
in the statement made by the Minister of Jus
tice to-day. that among the persons arrested in
connection with the riotng in the disturbed de-
partments were members of local royalist clubs,
This bore out the Cabinets view. that a great
deal of politics is mixed in the movement
NJ. FALLIERES WILL NOT INTERVENE
a delegation of Senators and Deputies repre-
senting the South of France visited President
Falleres at the Elysee Palace this afternoon.
and appealed for his good offices to bring about
the release of NJ Ferroul ex-Mayor of Mar
bonne. and the other members of the wine
growers committee who are in custody. The
President replied that he could not depart from
the constitution, which debars any such inter-
ference on the part of the President of the re-
public
In the evening there few instances
of the interruption of troop trains by torn up
tracks. the destruction of a small bridge at
Cultures announced, and barriCades of
telegraph poles were erected in places. espe-
ciaIly in the neighborhood OF Paulhan, where
a band of several thousand peasants commit
tod minor depredatons. Otherwise the day
passed without serious incident.
The local committee of defence of the wine
growers of Montpelier has pacarded the walls
of that city with appeals TO the citizens not to
resort 10 IawIessness. The wounded in the two
conflicts at Montpelier hardly exceed fifty, most
of whom are soldiers suffering from revolver
shots.
Trainloads of soldiers continue TO arrive at
Montpelier. The shops and cafes all open
commercial life has been resumed and officers
and soldiers freely moving in the streets.
The Subprefect OF Montpelier. NJ. LeuIlier
who captured by peasants yesterday and
held as a hostage. has been released and arrived
at Montpelier from Paulhan. Beyond some
bruises he did not sustain any injuries,
At Narbonne the shops have reOpened and
business is being resumed.