Frederick Arthur McKenzie (1869–1931) was a correspondent active in the early 20th century who wrote several books on geopolitical developments in eastern Asia. He was born in Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, and described himself as "Scots

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-Canadian". He briefly contributed to the Pall Mall Gazette

Pall Mall Gazette

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, and then for several years he worked with the Daily Mail

Daily Mail

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 as traveling correspondent in the Far East

Far East

The Far East is an English term mostly describing East Asia and Southeast Asia, with South Asia sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons.The term came into use in European geopolitical discourse in the 19th century,...

.

Selected works

• Sober by act of parliament, 1894
• Paul Kruger: His Life Story, 1899, about Paul Kruger
  Paul Kruger
  Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger , better known as Paul Kruger and affectionately known as Uncle Paul was State President of the South African Republic...
  
  
• The Worst Street in London, Daily Mail. 16 July 1901
• American Invaders, 1902
• From Tokyo to Tiflis: Uncensored Letters from the War, Hurst and Blackett, 1905
• The Unveiled East, Hutchinson & Co., London, 1907
• The Tragedy of Korea, 1908
• The Colonial Policy of Japan in Korea, 1906
• The Peace Conference - The Claim of the Korean People and NationalPetition, April 1919
• Korea's fight for freedom, 1920
• Pussyfoot Johnson: Crusader, Reformer, a Man Among Men, 1920. (about William E. Johnson
  William E. Johnson
  William Eugene "Pussyfoot" Johnson was an American Prohibition advocate and law enforcement officer. In pursuit of his campaign to outlaw intoxicating beverages, he openly admitted to drinking liquor, bribery, and lying...
  
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• The mystery of the Daily mail, 1896-1921, 1921
• Russia before dawn, 1922

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