Show I ILL ME OR o omy U M CRIES s fRENCH TO MUTINOUS SOLDIERS PARIS Juno 21 A A battalion of the Seventeenth infantry regular stationed at Agde In thO the department of Herault has has baa deserted with its army and ammunition ammu and Joined the Insurgent winemakers winemakers wine wine- makers at the tho headquarters of of the the regiment The mutineers mostly were recruited among the winemakers wine and number about men They marched into which has about inhabitants with drums beating and colors flying and are now camped in tho the principal squares of that city with arms stacked The rhe deserters tried to enlist the be sympathies of f the remainder remainder re reo re- re of the regiment stationed at but failing to do so they promised prom to eject them from their barracks E Early this morning the Prefect of notified Premier Clemenceau that the mutineers had agreed tx to return to Agde on c condition that they were not punished A little later they renewed renewed re re- renewed their demand to be allowed to reoccupy their former barracks at Be N M. M r. r Clemenceau curtly replied that he refused to parley with d deserters or consider consider con con- sider any proposition but unconditional surrender adding that h he was determined determined deter deter- n mined ined to ut utilize all the Governments Government's force foree if necessary necessary in in order to suppress the uprising Generals General's Pleading Details of the mutiny show that a battalion of the Seventeenth infantry sent from to Agde on account t of the soldiers soldiers' sympathy with the local wine markets mutinied there this nl m morning raided aided the filled their pouches pour with cartridges and with fix fixed d bayonets and flags flying marched out of Agde and entered W When Wien en notified of the mutiny Gen commanding the Sixt Sixty first first brigade met the mutineers at Villeneuve and attempted attempted at at- tempted to persuade them to return to duty l Soldiers he commanded kill me or obey me The soldiers replied that they had Dad no desire to kill kin the General but were determined determined de do to return to A A. detachment of gendarmes tried to tobar tobar tobar bar the road but after the mutineers had fred fired red a volley in the air they were permitted to pass The mutineers although without officers officers em- em cers marched int into in perfect order order order or or- der at 6 0 o'clock clock this morning the cheers cheet's of th the the- local crowds mingling with the rolling of the drums and the strain the bugles After stacking arms the deserters announced their intention intention intention in in- to remain on the square until allowed to reoccupy their barracks from whence they were recently trans trans- I Mutineers Cheered The people gave the mutineers a a. warm welcome and furnished th m with ample provisions and supplies-of supplies straw upon which the tired soldiers threw themselves after stationing their pickets pickets pickets pick pick- ets and proclaiming their determination to defend their lives in the event of being attacked The news of this momentous defection defection tion of troops together with reports of other mutinous eruptions at various points in the revolting provinces reached the Government this morning and caused the gravest concern Premier Premer 4 Clemenceau immediately summoned a Cabinet meeting At the Ministry of the Interior ulterior at noon inquirers inquirers inquirers in in- were informed that the reports from and Montpellier showed that both places s were comparatively quiet It was announced that the Governments Government's Govern Govern- m ment's ments nt watchwords are T The e law must reign Interior Minister Briand indignantly denied the rumors that he has resigned He said he was not such a a coward as to desert his colleagues in the tho present cir cir- cir cir- |