 Travelling then to London Jose published "The Growth of the Empire" (1901) and in 1902 was appointed professor of English and History at the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh, India.Jose soon returned to London where he became interested in the Imperial Tariff and Tariff Reform League, did some writing for the press, and in 1903 was appointed "The Times" correspondent in Australia.He held this position from 1904 to 1915 and fearlessly endeavored to set out the Australian point of view.