The Washington herald., 1907-06-22
Persuaded to Retire OH Prom
Use of Immunity.
SIX HUNDRED INVOLVED
Magazines Blown Open and Am
munitiOn Stolen.
Military Moving Upon HebeIIiOus
CIemenccau Brave In Words but
TimId I'm Action, Given Vote of
Confidence of 327 to 227 in Cham
Der of DeputIes-situation Grave.

ber of DeputIes-SituatiOn Grave.
Paris. June H.-The muunOus men of
the Seventeenth Regiment are now shut
up at Beziers in the barracks, where
they are unable 10 communicate with the
outside The movement Of troops to the
Midi is reported from ST Etienne Avig-
non. Valence. Mort, Moulins, Tours, Ly-
ons Mont de Marsan. and Bayonne. They
included many mounted soldiers. The men
are reported to have retired on promise Of
immunity.
The villagers at Poulhan have torn up
part Of four railway tracks to prevent
the passage Of the Forty-second Infantry,
which is consequently held up. The rail-
way has been destroyed at several places.
Gen. Bailloud has asked that a battery
Of artillery be sent 10 Lunel from Mines.
Rioting began again at Montpelier NJ
Il O'Clock tonight. The dragons charged
the mob One manifestant received a
saber cut. A barricade was raised in the
street and the pavement was torn up for
the purpose Of upsetting the soldiers
horses. Calm was finally restored.
six Hundred Men Desert.
Reports from the scene Of the mutiny
state that two companies OF the
Seventeenth Infantry az Agde mUunIEd
after the evening roll call They pro-
ceeded TO the Convent Of the Nativity
and induced battalion stationed there
TO accompany them.
SIX companies, with 500 other rioters.
broke in the doors Of the new barracks
and forced the soldiers sleeping there 20
join them. Many. however, wavered.
Citizens blew up the door Of a magazine
and distributed cartridges TO the soldiers.
Shots were fired in the direction Of the
soldiers who refused 20 Join the mutiny.
and a general stampede followed. The
waverers scaled a wall and fed.
A dispatch 20 the Temps from Agde
SAYS the mutineers consist Of the first
battalion and 40 men from two other
battali0ns making a total Of COZ men.
Many LebeI rifles are missing. and many
of those left are broken. Fourteen thou
sand cartridges are gone.
The minister oi war. Gen. Piquart. de-
nies that the Hundredth Regiment has
left I.arzac, which is three DAYS march
from Laurens. He says that the colonel
commanding Larzac telegraphed to-day
that all was quiet there.
The government has allotted a subven-
ton II l0.Do0 900 francs 10 the prefecture
of police. Il reserves the right 10 requi-
sition a certain number Of detectives for
provincial work. Accordingly fifteen
were sent 20 the Midi. where the people
blame them for the arrest Of ex-Mayor
FerrOul They have now been ordered
10 return and will receive medals Of honor
for their services. No fresh rioting was
reported from Narbonne during Friday.
Immense Funeral at NarbOnne.
The funeral Of the victims at Narboune
were carried out with solemn cslmness.
Three We're buried I'm the cemetery. The
bodies Of two others were sent 70 their
former respective homes. Ten thousand
persons walked in the procession. which
reached the cemetery, a kilometer away,
before the coffins left the hospital BY
6.59 o'clock the ceremony was ended
The official Gazette says that Gen. Tur-
cas-, commanding the SiXty-third Brigade.
has been put on the retired list No
reason is stated. II is understood he did
not take sufficient preventive measures
when the first rioting occurred at Mar
bonne.
Amid the grave developments of the
day in the Midi and those Of previous
days it would be unwise, according to the
feeling among the thinkers. IN Paris. n
lose sight Of the fact that up to the pres
ent writing no veritahle catastrophe has
been recorded. A few persons have been
killed. it is true. and others wounded. and
this Spilling Of French blood has been
made the most of by an emotional people
and an INSCRIPTIONS press. but so far as
the best information obtainable i'm Paris
goes. and that is better than the alleged
kilograms from the seat of the difficulties
up TO the present moment. for the reason
that the government controls the COM
munications, nothing really terrible from
a national viewpoint has happened
Too Early In Predict Revolution.
That there should be misery in some
the French themselves. almost fatalsts as
they are, attach too much Importance to
that. Nevertheless it is too soon TO prog
nosticate revolution. That were easy.
especially in view of the Midrs history in
the eighteenth century but while it is
possible it is momentarily impossible.
The two features most disquieting in the
most recent news from the Midi are found
in the army's detection, always neces-
sarily a serious factor. and NJ. Clemen-
Ceaus timidity in action. whatever his
bravado In words Whether this which
appears TO be timidity is really political
prudence nobody may say. but il is indis-
putable that the Premier has shown with /
in two days a hand of moderation not
hitherto disclosed by him Whether this
is due 70 knowledge emanatiug from his
information as TO the army's feelings or
TO unrevealed foreign complications. which
have been limited at. remains to be dis
closed
Chamber Sustuins CIemenceau
At any rate. NJ. Clemenceau's habitual
led him TO appear. as usual. in
the saddle and challenge the chamber 70
a vote Of confidence in the government
This vote was recorded this evening. after
six hours debate, and gave the govern |
ment 327 TO 227. which probably ensures
the completion Of the task of restoring
order. unless the roots OF the difficulty |
and the misconceptions OF the people lie |
deeper than ordinarily careful observers
are able 70 see.
That no one, even among NJ Clemen- |
ceau's enemies, should desire to take his |
place at the present moment, while easily |
explicable, is not sufficient to account for /
the vote in his favor