We record with much regret the illness of Lord Crewe
from overwork. On Friday week he was present at a dinner at CLaridge's Hotel given by Lord Morley of Blackburn, and after dinner fainted and fell, striking his head so severely that he has since been suffering from concussion of the brain. It is impossible not to observe that Lord Crewe's illness is a case of clearly traceable cause and effect. He has been grossly overworked. Lord Crewe is Leader of the House and Secretary for India (an enormous task in itself), and has to speak in the House of Lords on Naval and foreign affairs as well as on education and finance. The tax is beyond the powers of any one man. Add to all this the strain of the prolonged Constitutional crisis, and the wonder is that more Ministers have not broken down. We wish Lord Crewe a very speedy recovery, and trust that Mr. Asquith will see ,the propriety of removing the cause of his illness by securing a more adequate representation of the great Departments in the Lords. Meanwhile, Lord Morley has undertaken to return to the India Office and to lead the House of Lords—another example of too much work for one man, and especially for Lord Morley.
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