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In foreign affairs, Lord Salisbury confined himself to Egypt and

Bulgaria ; but on both he made important statements. "Our stay" in Egypt, he said," was limited in duration; but the limit is not a limit of time, it is a limit of the work we have to do." That work is progressing, but " we cannot leave the country until it is secure from foreign aggression, and until we have a sufficient foundation for hoping" that it will be free front anarchy. This statement, which, it must be acknowledged, fixes a sufficiently vague date, has excited much irritation in France ; but it was necessary, if England is to have a free hand in Egypt at all ; and without a free hand we can accomplish nothing.

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