Lord Cromer : a biography . m to bring that policyto nought. To act, therefore, in the spirit ofLord Granvilles declaration it was necessary forhis successor to take the very decisive step ofinserting the words and the Khedive himselfafter the words Egyptian Ministers andGovernors, and of so amplifying the finalwords of the declaration as to make it not onlyimpose on contumacious Ministers the penaltyof dismissal from office, but threaten an im-practicable Khedive with deposition from thethrone. This was an undoubtedly logical corollary fromthe declared policy of the British Government;but it
Lord Cromer : a biography . m to bring that policyto nought. To act, therefore, in the spirit ofLord Granvilles declaration it was necessary forhis successor to take the very decisive step ofinserting the words and the Khedive himselfafter the words Egyptian Ministers andGovernors, and of so amplifying the finalwords of the declaration as to make it not onlyimpose on contumacious Ministers the penaltyof dismissal from office, but threaten an im-practicable Khedive with deposition from thethrone. This was an undoubtedly logical corollary fromthe declared policy of the British Government;but it is not every Government that has thecourage of its logic. Thanks, however, to itsrepresentative Minister at home, and its repre-sentative agent abroad, the Government thenin power fortunately had. Lord Roseberytelegraphed his instructions to Lord Cromer,with full confidence in the strength of the manwho was to carry them out; and Lord Cromerexecuted them with equal assurance of thefirmness of the man from whom they had been. 3u >> a,is . <sai -, < | _j *. < a. z5 CO < 111 I THE NEW KHEDIVE 293 received. The result was a sharp but shortstruggle, followed by a complete victory. Whatpassed between the British Consul-General andthe young Khedive at that fateful interview onJanuary 17 belongs of course to the secret historyof diplomacy, and Blue Books cannot be expectedto divulge it. But it is tolerably well known thaton the side of the British Consul-General veryplain language had to be used. It was currentlyreported in Cairo that at a critical point in one oftheir colloquies Lord Cromer had to invite HisHighness to look from a window of the AbdinPalace on a British regiment paraded for somemilitary purpose or other on the square without,and thus tacitly to remind him of the irresistiblepower which lay behind the measured andcourteous remonstrances of his adviser. If soblunt an appeal to the visible symbols of coercionbecame really necessary, we cannot doubt that
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