 Long returned to the States with his wife and daughter toward the end of 1917, but soon quit since Hearst wanted to censor his articles.With his family he returned to Berlin in late 1918, having spent the previous year residing in Stockholm, Sweden, where he could be close to the latest political developments in Russia.For several years, his journalistic career continued to prosper, and important newspapers engaged his services as a special correspondent in Russia, Scandinavia and the United States.