The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-13
Even Defy Cavalry to Ride
Over Their Bodies
IN FRENCH WINE RIOTS
Flame of Anger Burst Out All the More
Fiercely This Morning, and French
Government Sends Trops to
Quell Disturbance.

Eperney France, April l3.-Despite
the fact that almost every village in the
/ department of Marne was bivouacked
hthrough the night with infantrymen and
~..lragoons, champagne rioting broke out
Mo-day and the fame Of anger and ven
geance continues to sweep the grape.
growing region. At Vinay, the rioters
demolished the wine presses and burned
cae buildings Women are foremost in
the work Of destruction, urging the men
on in the work of destroying the wine
property.
When the troops reached Vinay, the
women lay down in the roads and de-
fed the cavalry to ride over them.
Eventually, the troops succeeded in get
ting control of the situation and dis
persed the manifestants At dawn many
places in the wine-growing district
showed the horizon darkened by the
smoking ruins of the wine depots
burned during the night.
The frenzy of the rioters exceeds all
bounds, and it is feared that they will
use dynamite, large quantity of which
disappeared from the quarries last week
News comes from the town OF Ay that
q bomb was thrown at the cavalry,
wounding three troopers and killing a
horse.
Altogether five establishments in
Epernay have been practically torn
down. after having been pillaged. The
safes in these establishments were
forced, and the furniture and fittings
were piled up in heaps in the streets
Rnd set on fire. The fremen were driv-
EN- off by the rioters.
Paris, April l3.--The storm raised by
the vote in the Senate Tuesday, reopen
Ing the delimitation question with refer
ence to the champagne districts gives
no signs of abating at the present. On
the contrary, there seems probability
of the disturbances spreading in the Bor-
deaux wine region. A serious agitation
has already broken out in the Charente,
Dordogne Lot fmd Garonne departments,
whose situation with respect to Cironde
corresponds to that of Aube 10 Msrne
and the president of the United Unions
of the Gironde wine growers declared
that the suppression of the territorial
delmitations in the Bordeaux region
would be followed by the gravest CON
sequences.
The latest dispatches from the cham
payne district describe the situation as
greatly aggravated Mobs continue to
burn and ravage the property of un-
popular merchants, whom they accuse
Of importing grapes from Aube and 9th
er departments from which they man
ufactme a wine designated as Marine
champagne. The authorities are rush
Ing reinforcements of troops to the af-
fected centers, but the movement Of the
wine growers has been so skilfully or
ganized that the destruction has been
done and the rioters have gone before
the troops reached the scene
The champagne question formed the |
subject of the debate in the chamber
pf deputies yesterday, and after listen
Ing to the statement of Premier Monis, |
the chamber voted confidence in the gov
Frnment, practically unanimously, so
that the Senate's resolution is not le-
gally effective. The premier maintained
bis decision to refer the matters of the |
modification of the limitation law to
the council of state, Frances highest |
administrative court which. he said, |
might be trusted to pronounce on this
grave question with entire impartiality |
Rnd independence of judgment
The cabinet met late last night and |
decided to place at the disposal of the
prefect of Marne all the troops he needs.
He has at present eight regiments of
cavalry and three of infantry, and or
ders have been sent to four more regi-
ments of cavalry and one of infantry to
proceed at once to Epernay.