. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . ngdom expressed their loyalty witha variety of festivities and celebrations. ThePoet Laureate, now become Baron Tennyson,honored the occasion with a personal to Her Majesty. From the centerthe jubilee spirit extended into all the Britishcolonies of the world; and from the foot-hillsof Burmah to where the mountains of BritishColumbia look
. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . ngdom expressed their loyalty witha variety of festivities and celebrations. ThePoet Laureate, now become Baron Tennyson,honored the occasion with a personal to Her Majesty. From the centerthe jubilee spirit extended into all the Britishcolonies of the world; and from the foot-hillsof Burmah to where the mountains of BritishColumbia look down on the Pacific, the Queensname and reign were remembered with con-giatulations and festivals. The present chapter may be appropriatelyconcluded with a sketch of the recent relationsof Great Britain and Egypt. At the begin- .\t the beginning of 1890. 440 UNIVERSAL HISTORY.—THE MODERN WORLD. ning of the ninth decade of the century, itmight almost be said that Egypt was a foreigndependency of the British Empire. The pre-ponderance of the influence of the EnglishGovernment in South-eastern Africa at thisepoch, and for some time previously, may bereferred to two general considerations. Thefirst of these was the long-standing policy of. TENNYSON. Great Britain in upholding the independenceand autonomy of Turkc}. Tins theory carriedwith it the maintenance of Egypt a Prov-ince of the Turkish Empire. The expressionProvince of the Turkish Empire, however,is too exact to express the dependent relationsof the different countries under the generaleway of the Sultan. In the case of Egypt,it could not be said that the country was an integral part of the Ottoman dominions; andyet the Egyptian Government had its originand authority from Constantinople. The Egyptian Viceroys had no constantrank or power. Sometimes they were merelysatraps of the Sultan, and sometimes theyreached the condition of whatever the character of the Govern-ment might Br
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