The Henson Journals

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Wednesday, March 25th, 1914.

I celebrated in the cathedral at 8 a.m.

The "Times" becomes so interesting with its reports of the crisis that my working power is appreciably lessened! Canon Sykes lunched here, and we both afterwards attended a meeting of the Church Defence Committee.

Then I attended Evensong.

After dinner Bishop Willis came to consult me about the memorandum he is preparing for the Lambeth Conference Committee. He had just come from the Archbishop of York, whose greetings he brought. He said that he had recently had a private interview with Bishop Weston, who seemed 'on the verge of a nervous break–down'. He thought that he (Weston) had received severe handling from his friends. These, indeed, can hardly be unconscious of the discredit he has brought on their "Catholic" theory.

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Issues and controversies: irish home rule