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to avoid submaringing in the Mediterranean & Channels. The Hotel launch took us across to Hong Kong & we took rooms in the hotel. That night we had one grand feast in the grill where the lobsters & vegetables were excellent. [[circled]] 20 [[/circled]] Today we discovered that the Shanghai steamer sailing at dark is booked up so Hartman & I must remain for the Sunday boat. I therefore took the night steamer to Canton. The Fatshan had on board as 1st class 7 Philipines American Army offices & a wife who had just arrived on the Empress of Asia. The steamer is nicely fitted up with a fine large dining room on the bow. Here we played poker until far into the night.
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The "Empress of Asia" had a long history of trans-Pacific passage; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Asia.