Christian herald and signs of our times . portion of the burden whichthe harrassed Premier had to bear. The inter-val was also marked by a severe struggle on thequestion of Parliamentary reform, by a conflict,once threatening to become desperate, with theHouse of Lords, by such strained relations withthe Russian Empire as seemed certain to endin war, and by an opposition which was not lessunscrupulous in method than it was factiousin spirit. Mr. Gladstone has, since that date, made themelancholy confession that his Egyptian policywas a mistake. It was one that was left to himas a legacy by the
Christian herald and signs of our times . portion of the burden whichthe harrassed Premier had to bear. The inter-val was also marked by a severe struggle on thequestion of Parliamentary reform, by a conflict,once threatening to become desperate, with theHouse of Lords, by such strained relations withthe Russian Empire as seemed certain to endin war, and by an opposition which was not lessunscrupulous in method than it was factiousin spirit. Mr. Gladstone has, since that date, made themelancholy confession that his Egyptian policywas a mistake. It was one that was left to himas a legacy by the preceding government; itwas approved by the bulk of his supporters andclamored for by his opponents ; it unques-tionably had the support of the country ; butto those who observed him closely, it was obvi- * William Ewart Gladstone : His Lift and Times: By Lewis Ap-iohn; Walter Scott & Co., London, and A. Lovcll & Co., NewYork. 12 mo.; cloth; 329 pages, with portrait. 300 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. May 13, A House in the Shire Highlands, South Eastern Africa. ous that the Prime Minister was making a re-luctant surrender of his will and of his betterjudgment to the popular current in public affairs. On the first night of the session of 1884, tele-grams arrived announcing that Baker Pashahad been defeated near Tokar by a force of theMahdis followers, and had been driven back onSuakin. Before this time, the Government haddespatched General Gordon to Khartoum, on theunderstanding that he was to bring back thebeleaguered garrison, and such of the colonistsas desired to return to Lower Egypt. Thisstep won almost unbounded applause. Gordonwas a popular hero, in whom was combinedmuch of the soldier and something of the was going out in the spirit of knight-er-rantry—one man to liberate a city full of prison*erfe. A deliberate attempt was made to fix up-on Mr. Gladstone the responsibility for Gor-dons death. The Conservatives roundly accusedMr. Gladst
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