Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1909 — MEHEMED V. AT THE PLOW [ARTICLE]

MEHEMED V. AT THE PLOW

Sultan Prays For Quarter of an Hour at Mohammed’s Tomb. Constantinople, May 11.—Mehemed V. ended his “coronation day” by. plowing a furrow in the lawn at Dolma Bagtsche palace, symbolically at least, by holding the plow handles for a fraction of a minute while two horses dragged it a few yards. In carrying out the ancient test, the sultan showed himself to be sound of body and fit to bear the physical burdens of the empire. The day, notwithstanding rumors of reactionary plots, passed peacefully and without sign of disturbance. The sultan stopped at the mosque of Mohammed the Conqueror. He prayed

alone by the tomb of Mohammed for a quarter of an hour and then resumed his six mile journey through Stamboul to the Sublime Porte, whence he drove to the Top Kapou palace and gave a reception to a number of distinguished persons. Girls wearing liberty sashes of white and red lined the streets through which he passed. His majesty concluded the ceremonies by leaving from the vinegar sellers’ wharf for his palace on the other side of the Golden Horn in a state barge propelled by eighteen oarsmen dressed in white silk tunics and red breeches. Abdul Hamid’s Funds In Germany. Cologne, May 11. The German banks will not deliver the former sultan of Turkey’s deposits, unless he voluntarily renounces them or a law court orders their delivery.