EDITOR'S ADVENTURES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9491, 3 January 1919, Page 5

EDITOR'S ADVENTURES.

A STIRRING CAREER.

Few 1 individual journalists, have cre■ated more "stir" during the war than .John Revelstoke Rathom, the editor of the Providence (Massachusetts) • Journal, which published a long series of extraordinary revelations regarding the German machinations in,the'tJnited States. His enterpi lsing and daring work was a poworful factor in arousing^ the country to the tiuth regarding the trickery of the German officials io Washington, and wa« characterised Jjy, ingenuity and adventure as extraordinary as those of a sensational film drama.

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■'..; While rlie ■ was;;y<efc a£,:.:sehobl: j-he:folp|Si;v the. double, itcli o^Jthe. vvan3eMußtV.un'(i:i;;;;// the- pernicious:'desire l; ;t:(y::>vvield;;tlie^p^k;.;Ki:t of a'journalist.The; .uTv£ortumiiic^.b<^'';i7:'C was soon 'to'liave;'tastes i-gratifi<!d;'.t<)'--'thip; v :r--'V -.■' ;He was only va~:^d'';Ql r--51&.;.-iR'I^Gn iV,.tlio;:y;t'!; ! \yar in:the^Soitdan:,brokp-Qut^\and:-: gayfeSr;j him the .^opportunity." to '■' commence'f.^7'.;"v '.lif,e^'of ■;...■• adventure;'- ■;- iwhit;K':-'ha3;^;;; ; ii le^e^,i;.":--. i v,'i .ceasedV t The Melbourne AArgiis':eßhfcr~';;•;./:; ered on him the title of \ytu: correspo^- ;i;. as the, accredited Tepix\sentr4i™;of;;tha,V;i : / : ' paper; ':'. ';' >■ ■■';: ; ::V./'-■. /.:.'-J/t:-V ; <''/'*";' s.-J:'i'%? Australia was,-top .tamo, iPor^his.VreEitr;-:;! r ,'•',■,■' less, driving spirit, and: \Vheiy he/was i /, 20 an opportunity came \ to' him whicli>. ■ .he embraced with; enthusiasm.:; y;.'■'-Ttieriv-;-./ ';\ : ■' Bunbury^.Exp6dition^,i6. .lNe.w, > .;&.umoa.-.7v'^, was just starting, and Ratlioi^ joined: ;. tjhelittle; party,. and for^ .'the^'next fo\y";;/", months .'.groaned. 1 and .sweated ; in the-1-• vapour bath whose 'name;:'is' Papua: /,; Perhaps "lie 'liad.'-h^;\hi>V'fiiV''o^>^P??;v\^:::':-heat though hot of adveritu re, -/ fori.: lesis W//:- :- ---than two years "afterwards "-.'■ "he*j .waS■•: ; v| ; freezing in Alaska, a membex of ;> the' -^ party lediby that-fine A'm&ic. aa..;sailor, ■ ■;.; • Lieutenant ;Seliwatka,;/whp^^ been carved, so deeply in the hisl<jry. of J, ■ Alaskan exploration. /■'; •;.-''.: ..':. ; The world niust have 'soeriied .d,. vj^^.v. tame place to Rathom.after!:th.at■stre.DL^ 'v; ; uous year• 1890 i' NotJiing wasV stirring^ ,^'r arid he remained in. journalism^ ''wmtro,.^ ring for heU■'%o^:;^p.'^^:■lfcidulyj::pppped|^;ft, Cuba being the ■ corner '■.where v.thefclio v{;. :'r blew \ofF.l ; The^(aicagp^He.rald^tfii»g-^:'-. ,curious to inform; ; its ; re«*4ersy.-of.;■'• *P&'ti{'■/ process of puttingv the, lid " on, vagain^ ;;•;;, sent Rathora'.'as 'its'war correspondentv ■ explain'how:^'This he didiwrthiex^^;:.;; 'cellent effect, lot.he-,.was-,promoted-;;iitw^',v ■ staff ■'correspondent pii^ /the ; Chicago; : 1 "Record-Herald;oh;,his/.returnV//. j;'-'i-^;f^. • * There followed a': quiet ;pehbd, ianay^; / •since ■■hercduld: not find ,fr^sh;^aHvenrl>:&;■ tures, v lie busied himself ■ iii: writing- qf^i^ 'thpse he had; had, aiixl America^ maga-.,5,^ ; iaiiies bear- .'witness.; 'to.- his ; ; actiyjty^and.;^;j:. '■'hiß'-poweilsy^of-'.descnption;i'''>i:;.TJbeny^ fresh '• excitement^: this.'tinie;"in iridus-ls/;'^ trial warfare,-for ;he;was:;^h^ted Jfc |;;; ,: ■ ing■'■.the•■-."• big■ ■ : meat;:' strikeyinc 190.4- < present;-"the: case rfor: :the-'masters^'Hia?^irr-) iritervention helped Materially; in/,sett-^s|!;i 'lingXthe--strike.::: J < v*\ -\ '■ ■ '"■^v^^i ;: ; - In 1912/ he ;became 'editor-;and ji,gen-,;;;>/■ ; eral manager;; hi -the Prpvjdenc^'^ Jwu;-;-; ■ ;p ;'nal t ' "' tha///^sitioii' ; ;li<3' .^^hbWs^to^dwj,^;^;: ■ which Jie lma liesy trumpeting the : faith;:for ■ Swhich:;; ;/ our men have qiedi in tones;so arrest-^ t! ing that,:evenSth'e^hostile, party in, the v i;/; - States -have been forced, ;tp ■ Usten£ He .■>;/, is the most : qtoted'leader-writerv-iii-. thle■■'( ■}■■>,,■■& rStates,. i ancl; for two yearsi;;|the, ■;,/; phrase- "the Providence^Journal-.wilu ; ;^ ; say to-morrow'^ was practically m ste^! j?4/ rep in hundreds of journals;:; wmle^oU- : .cy; tioris of the- biggest.^diailiJEJs ;have: beeiti •■ * /; kept back to enable^readers;to see'vphatt:: s ; ; 'John Revelstolce: Rathom, Austr^Ma;;\p fighter, out of uniform,\and>spimd|Blr|fcw^;>,' 'ish- patriot, /hadvi^l^rem'arkr^^tsjtheg^*, Tinspeakable^Hun' :at":.,tlie ;;;gateHo%tne^:gS ;Uni^edv States^-.f/^:^' t :VJ:/:"C'^\^^.;U.^^'Ko