[2] The New York Press hired Palmer in 1895 as its London correspondent; and this opportunity evolved into a long career.
[1] Then the prospect of military conflict in Manchuria brought him back to China to cover the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) for the New York Globe.
[1] In 1914, Palmer was arrested in Mexico City while covering the Tampico Affair (1914) and the United States occupation of Veracruz for Everybody's Magazine.
[1] General John Pershing persuaded him to take on the task of press accreditation for the American Expeditionary Force (AEF).
Palmer also wrote for the North American Newspaper Alliance in World War II, submitting from London and then Paris at least through April 1945.