Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-23
W|NECROWERS QUIET
Conditions Have improved Con-
siderabIy in France.
R!OTING HAS NOW CEASED
All the Clauses in the Wine Frauds
Bill Are Passed.
CLEMENcEAU's GOOD REPORT
President Tailliere's Visits to Royan
and Bordeaux Have Been Aban-
doned Finally, However.
CLEMENCEAU's GOOD REPORT

PARIS, June 22.-The situation resulting
was followed by the designations. as marks
OF sympathy, of the officials of many munic-
Qualities, and by serious rioting and mu
tiny of troops, appears to have improved
considerably today.
No further disturbances of Importance
were reported. The mutinous troops return
ed to the barracks at Agde, the roll-call
showing only one man missing The cham
Der of deputies passed as a whole and
practically unanimously. all the clauses of
the wine frauds bills previously adopted
separately, thus enabling the government
to put the measure into immediate effect
and remove the principal grievances of
the winegrowers, and finally the bishops
In the disturbed area exhorted the people
to avoid any further violence.
A Hopeful Report.
The result is that Premier Clemenceau Is
able to give his colleagues a generally hone
full report of the situation, but the planned
visits of President Falieres to Royan and
Bordeaux and all the ministerial engage
ments for festive functions in the immediate
future have been Cancelled and the dinner
French Chamber of Commerce Monday in
honor of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian
premier; w. S. Fielding the Canadian min
ister OF finance. and L. p. Brodeur, the
Canadian minister of marfe and fisheries.
was postponed. all on account of the ma
tional sorrow at the bloodshed in the south
of France.
Royalists Arrested.
new feature of this situation was the
statement made by the minister OIL Justice
today that among the persons arrested in
connection with the rioting in the disturbed
departments were members of local royal-
list clubs. who bore out the cabinets claim
mat considerable of politics is mixed up in
the movement.
delegation of senator's and denutiaS
representing the south of France. Visited
r 1, Falileres at the Elysee Palace
thls afternoon and appealed for his good
oInceS TO bring about the release of M Fer
roui, former mayor of Narbonne and the
other members of the winegrowers' commit
zee VINO are in custody. The president replied
tnat ne could not depart from the consti-
tutional rule which debars any such inter
ference on the part of the president of the
republic.
No Serious Incident.
In the evening there were few instances
OF the interruption of troop trains by torn
up tracks; the destruction of a small bridge
at Cultures was announced and barricades
OF telegraph poles were erected in places es-
pecially in the neighborhood of Paulhan
where band of several thousand peasants
committed minor depredations.
Otherwise the day passed without any
serious incident.
The local committee of defense of the
winegrowers of Montpelier has placarded
the walls of that city with appeals to the
citizens not to resort to lawlessneSs. The
wounded in the two conflicts at Montpelier
hardly exceed fifty, of whom the majority
are soldiers suffering from revolver shots.
Troops at Montpelier.
Train loads of soldiers continue to ar
rive at Montpelier. The shops and cafes
are all open, commercial life has been re-
sumed and officers and soldiers are freely
circulating in the streets, neither molested
nor molesting.
The subprefect Of Montpelier, NJ Leul-
lier, who captured by peasants yes
terday and held as a hostage. has been re-
leased 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.