New-York tribune., 1907-06-16
VINE GROWERS REVOLT
GOES FROM BAD TO WORSE
MAJOR VIII Not Listen to Orders
from Prime Minister
Especial by French Cable to The rrtbun.

copyright 1907: by The Tribune Association
Paris, June 15.-The wine growers. REVOLT ~
Southern France is going from bad 70 yporse
The eloquent appeal made by Premier Clan,ar-
ceau 10 the Mayors who have resigned Office to
resume their functions has had no effect what
ever. Marcelin Albert. the energetic leader of
the revolt and president of the Committee of
Argelliers. openly defies the government and
has issued proclamations stating that tbe
MAYORS viii not listen to any orders ,ror, e.
Prime Minister. NJ. Albert, who has ac-
ouired absolute control over the movement 10 a
wine grower OF small means, a forcible and con-
vincing speaker. of a short but muscular figure
with black eyes and black hair and beard He
is fanatic, ana seems TO ignore the tremendous
responsibility ne has assumed. He breaches in
the vineyards like a sort Of twentieth century
Peter the Hermit. and gains personal influence
each day. The wine growers viii not listen IN
reason and feel convinced that the government
by one stroke Of the pen or by some magic
means can alleviate the results of their own
shortsightedness in producing more cheap wine
than can be consumed. for after all IT is n this
cause that the crisis is due. The wild charges
of adulteration are greatly exaggerated. because
wine is so cheap that there is no profit in aduI-
terating by artificial fabrication
Meanwhile the civil ceremonies OF marriages
and registrations, Of births and deaths and fu
nerals. are suspended, and no taxes or octroi
dues are paid. because there is no constituted
authority 10 receive the money. The result {,
that the population of the revolted districts are
The first ones 10 suffer the consequences of their
folly
The troops. which, according TO the European
systems are recruited in the regions in which
they are Quartered, sympathize with their kins-
men, and If not confined to the barracks would
he taking in rEa
Clemenceau and General Picquart, Minister OF
War. have decided 10 exert military force only
after all other means have failed, and In such
an emergency the troops employed would be
taken from northern and western departments
Meanwhile, persons to whom marriage certif-
Gates have been refused or who have not been
able 10 obtain Mayors signatures to official
papers, or who have been unable TO bury their
dead relatives, being urged by the projects
and by the Ministry OF the Interior to bring
civil actions for heavy damages against the
Mayors personally, in the hope of thus bringing
them 10 reason.
Reactionary and royalist agents are encour-
aging the wine growers in their revolt in hopes
Of undermining the authority Of the republic
Premier Clemenceau is confident that the revolt
will subside almost as suddenly as It began, and
without recourse TO military force. Indeed the
Premier is reported 10 have made the remark to
q friend that there Instructive parallel
between the situations in the Languedoc and in
California, saying IN both cases 1t was con-
hict between disconnected communities against
the central government, but it was absurd to
suppose that either would lead to civil war. On
the other hand Premier Clemenceau is taken
severely 20 task by his political opponents for
issuing his circular to the projects ten days
too late, for permitting public railroads and tele-
-c "a he for rT,aa
ings and for not having acted promptly, nipping
the agitation in the bud.
The Ambigu Theatre brought out last night
with considerable success a clever historical
drama in five acts, by Alban de Polhes entitled
"LEnfant du Temple" dealing with the young
King Louis XVII II presents the gulllotnlng of
Marie Antoinette, scenes with Barras. Fouche
and Robespierre. giving vivid pictures Of the
Revolution. The Theatre Rejane produced last
night French version of "Raffies" by Horn
ing and Presbrey, played with decided effect by
signoret Brule and Suzanne Avril.
The King and Queen Of Denmark are evil
dently enjoying their brief visit to Paris. Among
the Americans who witnessed the arrival OF
the royal couple in Avenue du Bois de Boulogne
were M and Mrs. lie Grand Benedict Mrs.
Francis Dana Winslow. Mrs. Pierre Lorillard.
MIS-. c. A Spreckels, Mr.. and Mrs. Van Rensse-
laer Thayer. Mrs. Henry Sedgwick. MI and Mrs
Ellis Hoffman. Mrs. Joseph Livingston. Mrs
Anna Gould Mrs Cortlandt Field Bishop, Mrs
Ernest de weerth. Frederick Beach. William
Douglas William Nelson. Henry Whitehouse'
F. J. Otis. Charles Lanier and Judge George
s BatcheIler.
The architects diploma at the Ecoie des Beaux
Arts has been awarded 70 Robert p. Bellows OF
Boston, and George Howard Buckley. Of Phila-
delphia
Calmann-Levy publishes Les Regicides.'
being the second volume in the series Of Len
dernalns Revolutionaires." by Eugene Welvert.
giving curious and hitherto unpublished details
concerning the regicdeg, most Of whom came
To obscure ends
From Juven comes L Opium Paris by
Delphi Fabrice. being original Investigations
into the habit of opium intoXication. which is
more widely spread than generally supposed.
Perrin publishes la File de Louis Quinze.
Duchesse DAngoUene." a personal narrative
of her imprisonment in the Temple, her exile
and life during the Revolution based upon fresh
documents, by 9. Lenotre. c. l. B.