With his book completed , Cutlack then joined the staff of Prime Minister Stanley Bruce for the duration of the 1923 Imperial Conference before returning to work at the '' Sydney Morning Herald '' . In the mid-1920s , he developed tuberculosis and moved back to Renmark for the climate . He worked as a lawyer for two years before resuming his journalistic career , becoming noted for his work on defence matters . He reported on John Lathan 's diplomatic mission to East Asia after which he published '' Manchurian Arena '' , a commentary on the China/Japan relationship . He then edited a volume of General John Monash 's wartime correspondence , which was published as '' War Letters of General Monash '' in 1935
1923 Imperial Conference
1923 Imperial Conference
Frederic Cutlack