 In the prosperous and peaceful year of 1913 he was reelected.As a result of a wartime crisis over conscription, and the decline of his popularity due to accusations of wartime profiteering and conflict of interest, Morris set up an all-party war government in 1917 to oversee the duration of the war.He retired in 1917, moved to London, and was given a peerage as first Baron Morris, the only Newfoundlander ever so honored.