EGYPT UNDER BRITISH SUPERVISION Apparent indifference of Egypt to the Soudanese campaigns — Rigid economy introduced into the administration of Egypt under British control — Reconstruction of native army — Divergences of view between Nubar Pasha and Sir Evelyn Baring — Resignation of Nubar Pasha — Estimate of Nubar's policy.

Persons who, like myself, knew Cairo during the years when the Dervishes were trying to force their way down the Nile valley, and would have succeeded in their attempt, had it not been for the British occupation, cannot fail to have been struck by the apparent indifference of the Egyptians to the frontier war which was being waged on their behalf. According to the British point of view, we were fighting the campaign of Ginnis in the interest of Egypt. From the Egyptian point of view, we were fighting it simply and solely in our own interest The Egyptians, with very rare exceptions, were convinced that we had no object or motive in making war upon the Khalifa other than a desire to consolidate our mastery over Lower Egypt. This conviction was confirmed by the accident that the period of the frontier campaigns coincided with the