THE ANGLO-TURKISH CONVENTION. 413 to bribe or bully. My friend, Sir Drummond Wolff, made, I am sure, the best arrangement consistent with his instructions and the policy he had in view. The Khedive and his Ministers objected to the presence of Mukhtar Pasha, and to the attitude he assumed as a High Commissioner appointed by the Suzerain to effect a settlement of the internal affairs of a subject province ; while the British authorities in Egypt had no desire to promote the successful conclusion of a Convention which most of them regarded as directly opposed to the interests of England and Egypt. In spite of many discouragements, Sir Henry persevered in his task, and finally, in May, 1887 came to an agreement with Mukhtar Pasha as to the terms of the proposed Convention. By this Con vention, England bound herself to withdraw the army I of occupation at the end of three years from the date of / signature, unless trouble, whether from within or with- \ out, should arise in Egypt before the withdrawal of our troops. In this contingency our occupation might be prolonged, but must be terminated as soon as the particular trouble which caused the prolongation had ceased to exist. Two years subsequently to the evacuation, England was to give up the control of the Egyptian army, which she had hitherto exercised and happily still exercises, by filling all the higher posts in the Egyptian army by officers ** seconded " from the ranks of the British army. If occasion should arise, Turkey was to have the right and duty of sending troops to Egypt to defend the Khedivial