A "COSMOPOLITAN JOURNALIST

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2733, 30 March 1916, Page 9

A "COSMOPOLITAN JOURNALIST

FREDERICCOLEMAN IN WELLING-

Mr. Frederio'Coleman, the AngloAmerican journalist, who is to givo a series, of "talks" on tlie war as no saw j it in Flanders and Belgium, arrived from Sydney by the. Maitai yesterday. Air. Coleman has been quite a number of-things in his time, but has always louped back to journalism. ,He, was '.with the first. American Expedition , for. tho Philippines, was at tlie ltusso- < Japanese' war, saw* Alphonso crowned ] Kiu2 of Spain, and with a Jove foi adventure enlisted for service in the Slotor Corps soon v after- the outbreak of war, i aucl having been a.driver m big motor races on all the big tracks m JMigland and 1 America, was of signal- service to the Army authorities. He tramped through-the ruins of Ypres, when thoy were under, German fire, and shows photographs of his own taking there, flio Brst line of trenches, along the British and part of' the -French front have been under his observation, and he was present at. the funeral of lato Lord Roberts, and. there' took a photograph of: the obsequies. -^ lrc ? dy ™P" son; Low, Marston-and Co. have published one of'his books ( \\i tl i. r rench ) and another is due to arrlv ®'"V or two. When, the war broke out this breezy itmerican, who has of humour, was running a motoi-ear business in Londta, where he was aLcnt. for Belleville (French), Mmerva (Bel°iuin), and' Rolls-Royce (British) cars. As there was "nothing doing, be assembled tho staff and told them that any who wished to enlist could have their billets back at the end of the war, the others could, they pleas-; ed!- He himself .wap off to tho front. And away ho his |9 r ™ es as * motorist were at once accepted war correspondents not being then in particular dbraand by the ar e; m this means he was enabled to get much closer ,to the'firing line, indeed right there on Occasions, and has a. woild ot incident to .relate of the . wonderful scenes s he witnessed;. and the amaamg - heroism 'of the British and . French armies, during the long retreat after Mons and the advance which culminated in the great Battle of the Marne « Mr. Coleman on occasions acted: in various capacities. . At times h ' duty as i censor, and on one occasion was called upon to and ' 'Eoneo" • one of General .J rench s disDatohes. He >peaks. in terms of great admiration of general Haig, but says that the biggest man pf the > t ls n Ge "" oral Sir William Robertson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Mr. Coleman is a "capital , story-teller, and Ins lectures will 110 doubt create a lot of interest.