Lord Cromer : a biography . een the English andnative servants of the Khedive, his summons tosuch intervention had now become clear andimperative. The existing Egyptian Army hadbeen created by British officers, and for ten yearsthe supreme authority of the Sirdar in all purelymilitary questions had remained undisputed. Ifthe reorganization of the defences of Egypt were,as beyond question it was, the most conspicuouslysuccessful of our administrative achievements inthat country, it w^as so by reason of its havingbeen also the one undertaking in which we hadthe most absolutely free hand. In the
Lord Cromer : a biography . een the English andnative servants of the Khedive, his summons tosuch intervention had now become clear andimperative. The existing Egyptian Army hadbeen created by British officers, and for ten yearsthe supreme authority of the Sirdar in all purelymilitary questions had remained undisputed. Ifthe reorganization of the defences of Egypt were,as beyond question it was, the most conspicuouslysuccessful of our administrative achievements inthat country, it w^as so by reason of its havingbeen also the one undertaking in which we hadthe most absolutely free hand. In the interestsof Egypt, and indeed of Europe in general, itwas essential to maintain that freedom at allcosts, and to oppose the promptest and sternestresistance to any attempt to impair it. Fullyalive to this, Lord Cromer delivered instant checkto the Khedive. Supported as before and withthe same vigour by the Foreign Office, he quietlybut firmly insisted on a modification of Abbasspolicy, and with some trouble a compromise was. u < O _i H< O< < <O oo LU ro UJ II- * =0 is ?s THE NEW KHEDIVE 303 arranged, which left the Sirdars authoritynominally unimpaired. But the truce was of short duration. InJanuary of 1894 the Khedive set out from Cairofor a progress to the frontier at Wady his subjects the occasion was a highlyinteresting one, for this was not only his firsttour of his dominions since his accession to hisdominions, but, as was understood, his first intro-duction to the scenery and monuments of the Father of Waters was en fete for a thousandmiles of its length. At Keneh, at Luxor, atAssouan, elaborate receptions were preparedfor him, and turbaned crowds of fellaheenflocked from all the neighbouring villages tothe landing-places to pay their homage. Buteven here and to his Mahommedan subjectshe showed signs from time to time of hisarbitrary and impracticable temper, and he lostno opportunity of publicly slighting the Britishofficers who accompan
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