It is stated in a telegram from Cairo that as
soon as Lord Cromer has recovered from the influenza, Abbas II. will pub- lish a new and fuller apology for his escapade. The first one is not accepted, as it has been followed by demi-official accounts, alleging that the Khedive was entirely within his rights, that he only reprimanded the 2nd Soudanese for tmsoldierly bearing, and that Lord Cromer took unfair advantage of the incident. In short, the Khedive is as recalcitrant as ever. He is said to be greatly under French influence, though not that of the Embassy, and to be liable to bursts of rage which alarm even Riaz Pasha and the great Mussulman officials. He is, in fact, becoming impossible, even in eyes hostile to the British, and will probably do something which will compel Lord Rosebery to act decidedly. He is, it is stated,as inimical to the Sultan as to England, and was provoked into his recent display by a speech of Muktar Pasha, the Turkish Commissioner, who complimented the Frontier Force on its discipline and appearance, but treated it as a division of the Turkish Army. The Khedive wishes to b3, in his soldiers' eyes at least, an independent Sovereign.
