Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan Cambridge, Atkins ya shiga "Manchester Guardian". Ya bar Ingila a ranar 23 ga Afrilu 1898 a matsayin wakilin farko na musamman na jaridar don rufe Yakin Spain da Amurka na 1898 a duka Cuba da Puerto Rico. Atkins ya rufe yakin El Caney
kuma ya bi Janar William Rufus Shafter sojojin a cikin Kama na Santiago a Cuba. A Puerto Rico ya rufe harin a kan Asomante Heights kuma ya yi hira da Janar Nelson A. Miles.