5 JUNE 1915, Page 2

We learn with much regret that Sir Edward Grey has

been forced to leave the Foreign Office temporarily in order to rest his eyes. In spite of suffering a good deal lately he has pluckily continued his work, but he has at last yielded to the strong warnings of his oculist. We sincerely hope that rest will do all that is hoped of it. The strain which Sir Edward Grey has borne for the past two or three years has been tremendous—enough to aggravate any mischief—and we trust that he will be able to put worry and responsibility entirely away for a time. During his absence Lord Crewe will have charge of the Foreign Office, and will be assisted by Lord Lansdowne, whose knowledge of foreign affairs is unsurpassed, and who was really the founder of our present foreign policy.