1894] The Khedive Visits the Upper Nile 127 



who assured him he could travel in safety anywhere with them, even 

 to Khartoum, while Kitchener objected to his going outside the lines, 

 saying there was danger. But the Khedive rode out with the Sheykhs 

 notwithstanding, — Kitchener remaining behind. Lastly, at a review 

 the 2nd battalion of a black regiment officered by Englishmen got into 

 disorder while marching past. Kitchener said it was through the fault 

 of the band, but the Khedive said they had marched disgracefully. At 

 this Kitchener took offence, and offered to resign, but the Khedive re- 

 fused to accept his resignation, and the thing was explained and set- 

 tled, and it was agreed that nothing further should be said about it. 

 Kitchener, however, made use of the incident later as a pretext to get 

 the Khedive recalled from the frontier, and telegraphed to Cromer, who 

 telegraphed to Rosebery, who telegraphed to Paris and St. Petersburg 

 to say that he must deal separately with the case (independently of the 

 other Consuls General). The French and Russian Governments agreed 

 to this. Pressure was then put on Riaz, who telegraphed to the 

 Khedive to return. 



" The conditions imposed by Cromer were a commendatory order 

 by the Khedive to the troops ; the dismissal of Maher Pasha, whom 

 Kitchener accused of having instigated the Khedive's conduct, and as 

 third condition that the English officers in the Khedive's army should 

 have the right to be tried by court martial in England. Abbas is said 

 to have accepted all these conditions. If it is true that he was unsup- 

 ported by France or the Sultan, he was probably right to do so, but 

 he has reserved to himself the right of explaining the matter in his own 

 way, through Tigrane. 



" Osman Bey is far from friendly to Abbas, being a partisan of 

 Prince Halim. and having a grudge against Isma'il and all his house, 

 because Ismail had his brother strangled at Senaar in 1878. He gave 

 us a tragic history of this. He says the Sultan has been bought over 

 to English interests, that he communicated everything that passed at 

 Constantinople between him and Abbas to the English Embassy, and 

 that he has £20,000,000 sterling invested in English securities, es- 

 pecially with the Ottoman Bank. 



"6th Feb. — Captain Broadwood (afterwards General Broadwood) 

 came. He told me the story of the Khedive's quarrel with Kitchener 

 as he had heard it from Colonel Settle, a good authority. According 1 

 to this, the Khedive when receiving the officers, native and English, 

 after the review expressed his satisfaction with all, except the infantry, 

 under Colonel Lloyd's command. Kitchener was not present, and 

 coming back a few moments afterwards said to Lloyd, ' Go and tell the 

 men the Khedive is pleased with them,' taking for granted that it had 

 been so. ' I am afraid I can't quite do that,' said Lloyd, ' for His 

 Highness has just expressed disapproval of my part of it.' Thereupon 



