Friday's papers contained the official announcement of the changes in
the Cabinet. Lord Morley retires from his present post and becomes Lord President of the Council, while Lord Crewe, till now Colonial Secretary, becomes Secretary of State for India. Mr. Lewis Harcourt succeeds to Lord Crewe's post, and Lord Beauchamp becomes First Commissioner of Works. Lord Morley has served the State wisely and well in a most arduous and exacting office at a time of exceptional anxiety and difficulty. Though failing health is, we regret to say, given as the cause of his retirement, we are unfeignedly glad to think that the nation will still have the advantage of his wise counsel and great experience of affairs in the Cabinet. The fact that Lord Morley will be to a great extent relieved from administrative work will make it all the easier for him to exercise a strong general influence in the Administration.
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