Lord Kitchener will not return to Egypt after the war,
and Sir Reginald Wingate has been appointe I to fill his
Le, both as Sirdar and as Governor-General of the Soudan.
rd Grower's choice is a wise one, for the new Sirdar is just
ne man to grapple successfully with the difficulties,—and difficulties there will be, many and great, in reducing that vast and barbarous province, and at the same time keeping the Egyptian Army up to its present high standard. The Soudanese regiments do not stand the trials of peace so well as those of war, and to the ears of the fellaheen "the Soudan" sounds like the word " Siberia " to those of a Russian. Sir Reginald Wingate, however, is a very patient man—the greatest of qualities in a ruler over Easterns—and he also pos- sesses the sympathy of comprehension in a high degree. He understands the Arab character and mode of life, not super- ficially, but fundamentally. Add to this that he is a man alive to the wider aspects of the political world, and is also a very competent soldier. He can fight as well as write. Lastly, he has got in Cairo the most loyal of chiefs,—one who supports without meddling and helps without en- cumbering.
