D. M. Sutherland was a British

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 journalist

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 and editor

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. Born in Edinburgh

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, he attended George Watson's College

George Watson's College

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 and University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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. He was the London editor of the Manchester Daily Dispatch before assuming the editorship of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph

Sheffield Telegraph

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. He was named editor of Evening Standard

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in 1914 and served in that capacity for a year, leaving to take over as editor of the Pall Mall Gazette

Pall Mall Gazette

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. Sutherland was the last editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, serving in that position until the newspaper was incorporated into the Evening Gazette

Evening Gazette

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in 1923. He then left journalism to become the Secretary and Director of Propaganda for the Anti-Socialist and Anti-Communist Union.