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Show Bloodshed and Sacking by the Rioters In France's Famous Wine Growing Departments. M 111 II I IBM i J UTTi hi i ! - Hi I 1ElrKBBQBIiiIaPTO ;.. r lkfr'. , "&. ."V- .-v"sr Tmi! : i ,1 : 1 . " "'"" 7 '"""" !?; 1 . A number of champagne stun houses have been wrecked anil xevurnl II e wu-rlllcfil In the mo called "wine riots" t In Franco. The present trouble Is the outgrowth of the old rivalry between th tlepaitmenls of Marno aud Aube f as to which should bo alone cntltUd Irbel as ebntnpugue the wine thoy produce. For a qtmiltr of a century the f outbreaks have Ueui Intermittent. During the pa three months the rloilng has been moiv frequent, following a government decision excluding the sparkling wlue if Aubo from tbo champagne class. Thousands of vineyard own- I .ors and workers have Joined In the demonstration They lime made uunfl-ei of tax demand notes stuffed In grapj f, baskets, tiown tho red nag over their municipal buildings and burned olUglcs of their so called enemies. In the above I; pictures are shown troops guarding a barrel of champagne and a view from above of the wrecked premise of , Ayala & Co. -i |