502 THE STORY OF THE KHEDIVATE.

IS best described as a " Condominium," the British and Egyptian flags are to float side by side in the Soudan. All acts of administration are to be performed, and all decrees are to be issued, in the joint names of the British and Khedivial Governments. All responsibilities and liabilities incurred in the administration of the Soudan are to be shared in common by both kingdoms. The nearest approach to such a system of administration was the " Condominium " over Schleswig and Holstein, established between Austria and Prussia after the defeat of Denmark ; and this Dual Government collapsed after a few months owing to the fact that the twin rulers of the Duchies went to war with one another. There would be every reason to anticipate a like result in the present instance, supposing England and Egypt were Powers of even approximate equality of strength. As things are, the real administration of the Soudan rests — and must rest, so long as our armies occupy Egypt — in the hands of England ; and the Convention by which the " Condominium " was established has been carefully contrived, so as to secure the predominance of England in the Soudan, while giving as little umbrage as possible to the susceptibilities of Egypt. By this Convention, the Soudan is, for the most part, to be garrisoned by Egyptian troops, but their command is to be placed in the hands of an English Governor, appointed nominally by both Powers, but whose appointijient is irrevocable without the consent of England. In the first instance, Lord Kitchener was naturally selected as Governor. On his leaving