Show SWORD GIRDED UPON MEHEMED Turkish Sovereign Invested With Power by Head of Church i Const The Constantinople The The ceremony of ot girding the sword ot ol Oilman Otman upon Mehemed V the new sultan of Turk Turkey y yIn in succession to Abdul Hamid occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc on Monday londay in the mosque Ayoub the only sacred edifice in Con Constantinople Constantinople I which Christians are not allowed to enter This ceremony corresponds to fo o that of ot coronation in western countries It lasted only a few minutes and the ancient rite ftc of the spiritual power consigning the Uie temporal power powerS to the sultan was witnessed by few foreign eyes S |