| Show SULTAN I SEATED UPON I I iII Ml lEn V. V Crimp the thc S S or of Ins Ills A neon lor a n as of Turkey Constantinople May The Tho 10 Tho ceremony cere core ceremony mony many of ot girding tho the sword of ot Osman upon V. V tho the new sultan of ot Turkey In succession of or Abdul Hamill occurred today In tho the mosque Ayoub the only sacred edifice In Constantinople Constantino Constantino- pie which Christians are aro not allowed to outer enter The Tho function was carried out according ac I cording to the lie prearranged program nut and at st Its conclusion his his' majesty his majesty start- start ed iTt Tto drive through through Stamboul Stamboul- at tho ho head of or an Imposing procession Tho The ceremony corresponds to that of ot coronation In Western countries It lasted Jasted only a a. few minutes and tho ho ancient rite of the spiritual power consigning consigning con con- signing tho the temporal power to the sultan was witnessed by no foreign eyes The sultan proceeded In a launch from tho Dolma palace to the tho mosque where tho rite was performed Then rhett attended b by the thc grand 1 vizier ler tho ul islam the members of ot tho the cabinet tho the chiefs chief A of ot the hue army tho the two tivo and man many higher grades des of ot ulemas other officials ho drove to the Top Kapon Nation palace about six miles distant to kiss tho rob robes s of ot tho prophet VaLes luu of J re V. V At tho the Ayoub mosque drew the scimitar of ot his ancestor Osman Os- Os man I. I the tho founder of ot the Ottoman empire from Its sheath and standing In the square In front of or the tho group of or buildings called the sublime porte he raised the weapon on high and b oy by his nis Immemorial eel act took posse possession slon of or tho the Turkish empire Tho The action of or tho sultan uHan was followed followed fol tol- fol- fol lowed by an aU outburst of ot shouting from the people massed beyond tho the lines or ot orthe with witha together to-gether the surrounding troops rattle of ot fanfare of or trumpets and a a musketry as tile the soldiers tired a u salute but above all this noise rose roae sharp and clear voices of ot a chorus of school boys hos chanting chanting- Midhat Pashas Pasha's hymn byrne of ot lib lIb- erty admixture The scene was a strange of ot h historical Eastern observance and modern Western civilization Mohammed med mcd V. V the first sultan In four our centuries cen con tunes who has hail blue eves oyes and fair dressed in a Western unIform unI- unI hair iwas was form of or olive olho green khaki Within sight of the square were vero the tilts Byzantine walls surrounding the city and the Genoese tower of ot St. St Sophia two striking ing lug suggestions or Of fifteenth century history |
