The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-05
OUR FOREIGN LETTER


 London, Dec. 5.-UItra-loyalists, ever sensitive about the kinGly dignity, are demanding the head of Lord Chancel- Tor Haldane, who has been guilty of the heinous crime of banishing the kings chair from the Privy Council Chamber. It is true that the chair has not been used for well over a couple of centuries, but the big empty red chair has always occupied the place Of honor at the Council table. Until the time of King George the First. Eng fish sovereigns always presided over meetings of the Council and it's com oVerian monarch, however, could not speak sufficient English to keep mp the practice, so he left the presidency to the Lord President. The empty chair beside that of the president, how ever, reminded the councillors Of the kingiy presence, in spirit, but Haldane sweeping around, has had it cleared out.
 The fact that he has voted 93 times in the House of Commons since last March, may cost Sir Stuart M. Sam uei, Liberal M- P for the Whitechapel partner in the firm of Samuel Montagu & Co.,. which has recently received the government contract for buying sil- yer, and Parliamentary procedure lays it down that member of firm do- ing business with the government may sit in the House. Sir Stuart ought to
 
 firm got the contract, according to his critics and the Attorney-General is investiga ting the matter. He is liable to a fine of $2, 800 for every time he has came vacant. good many nasty things have been said about that sil- yer contract and the firm of Samuel Montague, and the question is being asked whether Under-Secretary for In- dia E. Scott Montagu has any connec- ton with the firm. He is a nephew of Sir Stuart Montagu and brother of Sir Stuart Swaythling, head of the firm.
 Munich, Dec. 5.-Disgusted with the so-called religious productions given at continental moving picture theatres, representatives of numerous religious send the famous Obera mmergau Pas sion players to perform before bio graph cameras in Palestine. The or ganizers are not connected with any moving pisture syndicate, and the films will be shown only in church halls and meeting houses, in which the commit tee are satisfied there will be a rever- ent and appropriate atmosphere.
 The Pope has expressed his approval of the work and has granted spe- represent all the old Testament sto- ries possible, including, 1t is hoped, the passage of the Israelites through the players the organizers will take large number of actors. manly French, and they will recruit tnelr "crowds'' in Palestine.
 Paris, Dec. 5.-The Post Impress sionist'' school Of art has spread to wallpapers, and no smart home IS properly adorned now unless its walls are covered with the grotesque pat terms, combining rude naivete and childish h-ignoraP@e, which distinguish the product of the new cult.
 Ordinary wallpaper designers could not draw badly enough to meet the situation. One of them has confessed to few of his intimates that while he was desperately trying to design something freakish enough to catch the public fancy, happy thought struck him. Rushing into the kitchen he dragged his little mafd-of-a -Work into the studio and ordered her to paint something. She tearfuily pro tested that she -did-not know how to begin. but he insisted, and her wild efforts gave him the inspiration for the most popular Post Inpreestonist wallpaper in Paris.
 Cettiraje Dec 5.-Pathetic scenes were enacted in the little church near