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/ be terminated in any way consistent with British / interests, and that our stay there must be prolonged Vindefinitely. They also came to the conclusion that the administration of the country by British officials was the only way in which we could carry on the system of administrative control, which was, in their opinion, the necessary corollary of our military occupation. The demand that the control of the police should be transferred from British to Egyptian officials, met with a peremptory refusal from our Foreign Office, once more presided over by Lord Salisbury ; and the Khedive was given clearly to understand, that in all matters of importance he must follow the advice given him by our Consul-General, as the official representative of the British Government. Tewfik, not unnaturally, considered himself aggrieved by the rebuff to which he had exposed himself by Nubar's advice. The relations between the Khedive and the Minister became strained; and in June, 1888, Nubar was ( called on to resign, and was succeeded by Riaz Pasha.

It was my opinion at the time — it is my opinion still — that in this conflict between two policies, rather than between two personalities, each had a strong case of their own, but that Nubar s was the strongest in theory, while Sir Evelyn Baring s was the stronger in practice. If England could only have made up her mind to declare a Protectorate over Egypt after the suppression of the Arabi mutiny, or after the