On Tuesday in the House of Commons Sir Henry Campbell-
Bannerman moved that 250,000 be granted to Lord Cromer in recognition of his eminent services as Agent and Consul- General in Egypt. Hitherto such grants had been made only to soldiers, but he recommended to the House "the less resounding but not less deserving services of a great adminis- trator." Lord Cromer was foremost for "courage, wisdom, patience, and resource." During Lord Cromer's services in Egypt the population had increased by three millions, the burden of taxation had been reduced by nearly twenty-five per cent., and the charge for interest on the Debt had been reduced by a sum of £890,000 a year. He had not attempted to force the Egyptian people into a Western mould, but had studied their character, their grievances and needs. Had he eared for dramatic results, he could have made a new Egypt on a Western model with the help of capitalists, whose money was always at his disposal; but he had regenerated the Egyptian people through themselves. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's tribute could not have been better or more wisely conceived, and it proves what we have said several times, that the present Cabinet not only accepted Lord Cromer's policy, but accepted it whole-heartedly.
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