THE ANGLO-TURKISH CONVENTION Sir H. Drummond Wolff sent to Constantinople as High Commissioner to negotiate Convention with Turkey in respect of Egypt — His appointment mainly due to Lord Randolph Churchill's influence— Mukhtar Pasha selected as fellow-commissioner — Negotiations at Cairo suspended by Einisterial crisis in England — Negotiations resumed on Lord Salisbury's return to office — Convention concluded at Cairo — Rejected by the Porte at instance of France.

On the 24th of June, 1885, the conduct of our relations with Egypt passed for the time out of the hands of Lord Granville into those of Lord Salisbur}\ The change of management was at pnce manifest. Shortly after the accession to office of the new Ministry, an old acquaintance of mine, who was then the head of one of our chief Embassies, and who in home politics was a staunch Liberal, told me that, until Lord Salisbury had replaced Lord Granville as the coachman of the diplomatic team, he had never realized the feelings of a cab-horse when a driver, who had no idea of driving, was replaced by one who knew how to handle the reins. Nowhere was the changed aspect of affairs more palpable than in Egyp For the first time since the days of Lord BeaconsfieW