It was not until 1903, under direction of Lord Shaughnessy, that the Canadian Pacific went into the shipping business on the Atlantic. The business on the Atlantic did not have to be created by the C. P. R. in the same sense as the Pacific trade, and I dwell less upon it for that reason. The Company purchased fifteen ships from a going concern, the Elder Dempster Line. This was a good beginning, but more ships soon became necessary, and the _Empress of Britain_ and the _Empress of Ireland_ were added in 1906, when the _Monteagle_ joined the Pacific fleet. Then, in 1914, the _Metagama_ and _Missanabie_ were added on the Atlantic, the latter being later torpedoed in war time. The _Melita_ and _Minnedosa_ came on in 1917 and 1918. More recently the largest ship of all in the Canadian Pacific service, the _Empress of Scotland_, has been added on the Atlantic, and the _Empress of Canada_ and the _Empress of Australia_ began the run on the Pacific. These last-named three are, literally and without exaggeration, floating palaces. There are single, double and family rooms, suites and special rooms with every possible convenience, reception rooms, gymnasium, nursery, swimming pool, concert and motion picture halls, and practically everything necessary to the comfort of travel. At the date of this writing the _Empress of Canada_, the _Empress of Scotland_ and the _Empress of Britain_ are just returning from trips around the world with special parties who have been six months visiting the chief places of interest under special guidance. The _Empress of Australia_, built in Germany and coming to the Canadian Pacific as a result of the War, is most ornately and beautifully finished and furnished throughout. The directions on the taps and such like appear in German and English, representing the before and the after period of the War. This superb vessel, under command of Captain S. Robinson and a gallant crew, in 1923 was just casting off from the wharf at Yokohama when the terrific earthquake upheaved that city and overwhelmed it with tidal waves and fire. The _Australia_ became voluntarily a refugee vessel, saved many hundreds of lives and, cancelling her trip to Vancouver, took the refugees to Kobe, besides giving practically all her stores of food and clothing to the destitute. For this gallant act, which involved the Company in very heavy financial loss, I heard the Captain and crew specially thanked by President Beatty and other officials of the organization. In so doing these officials showed not only their pride in their men, but their desire to magnify the human side of business. More recently Captain Robinson has been decorated by His Majesty King George V with the Order of the Commandership of the British Empire, and has been lionized and decorated at many points on the world tour of the _Empress of Canada_, to which he was transferred. The Captain has said little to the public about the