Ka cika wannan magana: An haifi Williams a shekara ta 1883. Shi ne ɗan fari na babban edita a Reuters; duka ɗan'uwansa da kawunsa su ma 'yan jarida ne. Ya maye gurbin Austin Harrison a matsayin wakilin Reuters a Berlin a 1905, yana da shekaru 21. A 1908, ya bar Reuters ya shiga "Daily Mail", fayil labarai daga Paris da kuma rufe da
Juyin juya halin Portugal na 1910. Ya kasance a cikin Balkans lokacin da yakin duniya na farko ya barke kuma ya zama ɗaya daga cikin masu ba da labari na farko da aka ba da izini a watan Maris 1915. William Beach Thomas ya kasance yana ba da rahoto game da yaƙin don "Daily Mail" a cikin lokacin kafin a ba da izini na hukuma. Lokacin da gwamnatin Biritaniya ta sauƙaƙe adawa da kasancewar 'yan jarida a 1915, bayan da Theodore Roosevelt ya yi gargadin cewa ƙuntataccen rahoto yana shafar ra'ayin jama'a a Amurka, Williams ya shiga cikin rawar.