| Show Abdul may mar be too poor to 11 pay the indemnity demanded of him by the American government but that sot did not prevent him from lag InS on em a grand scale the Uth leu sary ot of aCC accession to the throne The ceremonies I with 1 a grand procession to the mosque where the ruler Of the Moslem In the pree Pace nee of 1 a vast multitud girded hint him self elt with the sword won ot of Osman and jhen hen attended religious services sY ral eral hours hourI a w was senO for tor the court and Mild soldIers I ot of the palace while baskets of at food were Iii 11 among the people were given to the sultan consisting Ung of gold sliver lIver ROIl and stones tonee and a number of blooded Arabian horses hOrNs Among Arnone tb the dignitaries from distant that came to Constantinople to pay homage to 10 tire Sultan were Ire from Arabia Persia Morocco and many other parts ot of tire the orld Including on one from Sulu Bulu the ot of the Islands And thus the world Is III reminded lit of the tact fact that Ihal Islam lit is still a factor In H its affairs It Is 1 true enough that u as long as the throne ot of Constantinople Is occupied by an In Incumbent who ho Is n a generation behind the general march ot of tItle t tea teator tor lor may not count a Great deal But some time another Sul may arl arland arise and crest creal a powerful Ottoman na navy And army and amI that would Inn russo the revivification of IslaM Ilam The fhe nul amy still look for Mohammedan exploits 1 fore Corll the final filial winding up ot of the scene een |
