The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-17
WIDE TRAVELLER
 TOURING NORTH
 TO WRITE BOOK
MRS. CHARLOTTE CAMERON. F R. c. s.. WRITER AND TRAVEL FER TOURING NORTH IS GATH BRING MATERIAL FOR \ NEW, BOOK

The decision of the peace confer. cnce not to return any of Gcrmanys former possessions to her is not only justiiablc but commendable, in the opinion of Mrs. Charlotte Cameron. a Fellow of the Royal Geographical So cioty of London. a noted writer ana widely travelled, who is visiting Fair banks at present. Mrs. Cameron is touring the North gathering material for a new book and getting first hand information to a number of publica. lions flor which she is accredited cor respondent
 In 1913 she started out on a trip aveling alone as usual, which covered 27000 miles and taking in most of Africa penetrating to remote spots where a white woman had previously been unknown. She visited British French, Belgian and German colonies in Africa on this journey and is thoro lN familiar with German methods of colonization, which she describes as brutal to the last degree It is hel own observations which convince her that Gelrnan treatmont of native populations in African colonies has forfeited her right to ever again re gain her former possessions.
 Mrs. Cameron is an inveterate tray rler, real explorer who is always going to new places for the joy ot : avoIng. All her life she has been on the go, preferring to go alone She has made two trips around the world has been twice thru India, around and in Africa, and covered a great part of South America being the first woman to make a trip over the trans Andean railway
 Mrs. Cameron was in South Am
 ca at the time of the outbreak of ,." war in 1914, and hurried home at once to become a canteen worker. She continued this activity until she came to America last summer, and since that time she has visited many lara~ cities in the United States lee turing in the interests of the Red Cross. and thousands of people have heard her descriptions of journeys tC far places.
 Whilr in London she met Mrs. Geo Black, wife of the former governor of the Yukon territory, and when she arrived in Dawson she was given a hearty welcome While there she de livered a splendid address on the OC casion of the Festival of the Wild Rose, at which she was the honOl guest She arrived here on the last trip of the Yukon and has been the recipient of much social attention dur ing her visit.
 Yesterday afternoon she entertain vd number of Fairbanks matrons at tea at the Model Cafe Her guests were Mesdames C. H. Clegg, Arthur McGown, John A. Clark, John H. Kel ly, John A. Davis and J. H. Caskey
 Speaking of her Northern trip Mrs Cameron said that she was delighted with what she has seen and can hon estly recommend it to others who are in search of the interesting She will leave on the steamer Alaska for Ia mana, taking the first dOwnriver boat out of there for St. Michael and Nome from whsre she will return to the states.
 She is the author of several wei known books. Among them are "A WOman's Winter in Africa" "A Durbar Bride" "A Passion in Moroc CO.," "A Spy in Togoland" and "Tha Winged One" The latter was just off the press about the time she reach, ed America. Material which she is cob lecting on her present tour will be used in a book which she proposes writing upon her return 10 her Eng fish home.