FRENCH WINE '

Grey River Argus, 15 April 1911, Page 1

FRENCH WINE '

■■ , -|»» : -'• GROWERS? DISPUTE. ; (By Elect iL Telegraph — Copyright.) April 12. 'l'he action of |the J 'Governmeht in referring- to the (louacil of State the whole question oF : delimitation of the champagne area, has';' been much discusse'S. A climax was reached when the Senate by 213 ";to 62 expressed confidence that the Government //would " submit to Parliament at the j earliest, opportunity, a bill securing repression of fraudulent practices without maintaining' territorial I delimitations, calculated . to provoke the divisions among ;F^enchmen. . Atter -,the deria^^M'."' izbbers, . of "the Aube )Defence Committee, .informed mandatories that failing; its unconditional inclusion, Aube would be a de- | limited area. It . was preferable that all delimitation should be abolished and any anti-adulteration laws be screnkthened. There were indescribable scenes in the Valley of Marne ' followed by thousands of vine grower's, who had spontaneously assembled, to Dizy, where they, attacked one of the firm's cellars, and smashed two .hundred and thirty thousand bottles of wine, and barricaded three streets with vats, benches, presses and other material and burned a tar barrel. Gendarmes and dragoons restored order. There were many demonstrations and counter demonstrations elsewhere.