Nothing less than a British cruiser would do to carry from China to England last winter 21,000 items of Imperial Manchu art lent by the Chinese Government to the British Government for a great exhibition in London's Burlington House (TIME, Dec. 9). To return this priceless treasure, after it had been viewed by 422,048 persons, His Majesty's Government thriftily decided to use an ordinary steamship, the Peninsular & Oriental liner Ranpura, with a relay of naval escorts.
H. M. S. Scout, convoy on the first lap, had left the Ranpura's side and...
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