ANZACS IN PALESTINE.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16947, 23 September 1920, Page 10

ANZACS IN PALESTINE.

AN AMERICAN'S EXPOSITION.

Lowell Thomas comes to Christcliurcli practically -unknown "to Maoriland-ors, although, he wius sufficiently well-known to the Australian Government to bring him (there.' Ilia is an interesting personality, and his has been an interesting life. He attended the UitiveTSttty of Northern Indiana., serving inn. railway eating-house to earn hi® way- Alter gradution, ho returned to his home in (Cripple Creek, and worked on the "Times," becoming city editor, and finally managing editor. Then lie wewt to Denver and continued his newspaprr work while studying for his master's degree. Nexit li© decided to study law in Chicago, but while there the \;T3teßi*<xT of forensic oratory resigned to take another position, and the University, seeking someone to take his position temporarily invited Thomas to "sit .in." Apparently they were well pleased, for they ceased looking' round. But Thomas had the "wanderlust," and commenced his world wanderings by going to ■ Alaska. Since then ha- has boon in all the remote and lonely corners of the world. When war broke. out ho hirrled him®olf into the Palestine campaign. At the request of President Wilson's Government ho went to Entopa as an observer, out finding, after visiting the Italian armies. 'hat aa he thought i a decisive campaign was being* fought in the East, ho went there. "Personally," ho frays, "1 feel it is a great honour to tell the irtorry of the Pnleffttino csirrrpaign, be©a.T*se to mv mind it was the most dramatic ?ind «sT>ectaciilar campaign in historv. Think if it.. In that short spao -of time vour troops ad-

vanced 300 mile® in sis cnntnTcJ over WO,OOO men, and the backbone of an Empire, taking Jerusalem, which hundreds of thousands had hoped for, in th»ir ?t*ide. When I decided to so to ;ho Palestine front it to me thn.t tho most startling fact awaiting the world v.-ns thai, one day it would wake, tvp and find the Holy Oity had been wj>twcd. Wo intended to stay a. wejk; w si a vet) a yenr. W,-> sw much that I may tell of. but I clou'! van't anybody to think I know all iilxvit it."

Mr Thomcs is dcscrih~l a man of rnffffting personality. The S.vritvsy "Daily «ny<»:—"He has nothing of the traditionnl Tn.nftee' a.boirt him: he is just a man; he- lilo one." Mr Lovell Thomas. ncooinpanird by ATrs Tho™.-", Air LTnrry Cohen, manager for J. C. Williamson, Ltd.. and Mr Hc-rrr A. Chasw. chief op-rator, will arrive in Ohri=trlmreh from Sydney this morninpr. Tho Clmstchr.roh commenccs on Saturday night at the Theatre J7ov.iL The bos plan is now open ait- Tho Bristol.