THE FRENCH WINE TROUBLE.

West Coast Times, 19 April 1911, Page 3

THE FRENCH WINE TROUBLE.

OUR CABLED ITEMS

FURTHER ARRESTS.

3IANY TROOPS SENT,

[PES PUESS .‘.“iIOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.]

PARIS, April, 18.The wine growers’ demonstrations continue. There are many' further arrests being mad© in the Aube district. Forces of troops are now pouring in to the disturbed area. The rioters new tactics consist of descents in bands numbering a few hundreds into villages where the champagne depots are unguarded. During the incendiarism at Ay last Wednesday the wind drove the smoko into cellars, where the rioters had smashed ten thousand bottles. Several of the rioters were asphyxiated.

CARDINAL LUCON ON THE POSITION.

PARIS, April, 18.—The Cardinal Archbishop of Bheims, in a pastoral letter, acknowledges the widespread suffering due to the vintage failures of the past, three years. He deplores the violence to which the, vignerons have resorted in order to draw attention to their grievances.