RIOT AND PILLAGE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 89, 17 April 1911, Page 7

RIOT AND PILLAGE.

FRENCH WINE-GROWERS OUT OF HAND. ATTACK ON A MERCHANT'S RESIDENCE SOLDIERS CHARGE WITH DRAWN SWORDS. ; By Telegraph.— Preai Association.— Copyright*. * (Received April IT, 9 a.m.) PARIS, 16th April. Vine-dressers at Trepail barricaded the village and pillaged the residence of a wine merchant. The soldiery demolished the barricades, and, in order to stop devastation of the cellars, charged with drawn swords. Fifty acres of vines belonging to Messrs. Moet and Chandon ' have been uprooted at Yernegay. Fifty ' arrests have been mad 1 © in. tha disturbed area. ' ANARCHISTS SUSPECTED. ' RIOT RINGLEADERS ARRESTED. ARTILLERY PROTECTING DEPOTS.. PARIS, 15th April. Dubois and Lagoche, the ringleaders in the riots, have been arrested.. Papers seized at Yenteuil indicate, that the disorders ar-o the outcome of a .plot which ia supposed to have been devked By Parisian anarchists. Minor demonstrations are being made, at various strategic points. The approaches to Rheims are now -closely guarded, as many bodies of -rioters are converging on the city. The artillery is protecting the champagne depot*. SHIPPERS' LOSSES. DECISION TO QUIT THE COUNTRY. PARIS, 15th April. M. Ayala and some other wine shippers have decided to quit the country. M. Ayalai's losses amount to £200,000, and the total losses are estimated at. £750,000. NAVVIES AND POLICE. A CONFLICT. ' PARIS, 15th April. Five hundred navvies on strike on the canal works at IMaTsaUles have had conflicts with the police. Twelve policemen and many strikers have been injured.