ABSTRACT
L o r d Sa l i s b u r y was seldom in a hurry. Leisurely he reached the conclusion that a Turkish occupation of Egypt was the only practical solution of the Egyptian problem. Lord Iddesleigh-then Sir Stafford Northcote — was very anxious to have the British troops removed from the Valley of the Nile. The Prime Minister allowed himself to be persuaded by his colleague. He was probably impressed by the fact that the most militant of his Ministers, Lord Randolph Churchill, who was Secretary of State for India in his administration, had a concrete plan to give effect to this orientation.1
