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Show Simplicity of New Sultan. Constantinople. Mehemmed V.. the-sultan the-sultan of Turkey, clad in a khaki uniform uni-form and accompanied by a suite of a half dozen officials, drove through Constantinople from the Mosque of Stsophia on Friday, where the new sovereign prayed for nearly an hour. This simplicity is taken as an evidence evi-dence of the democratic tendencies oT the new ruler. His majesty entered Stsophia through the sultan door, which had not been opened in twenty-six twenty-six years, when Abdul Hamid took; Rudolph, the crown prince of Austria, to the hosque. |