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When the official ceremony was done, the King, the Queen, the leading officials and the distinguished guests were hoisted onto the backs of newly painted elephants for a grand parade through the city. Britain's aristocratic Earl of Scarbrough and one of Red China's Vice Premiers, Ulanfu, who shared a howdah, smiled wanly at the cheering crowds as their huge beast heaved and rolled along the line of march. Behind them an elephantload of Indian maharajas grinned as happily as college boys joy riding...
...Earl of Scarbrough set out to lead a "Crusaders' Pilgrimage" to the Holy Land last week. He led the Earl of Galloway, the Countess Haig, the Countess Cromer, Baron Lamington and an odd hundred of almost equally distinguished pilgrims. He led them as Subprior of the English Grand Priory of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (TIME, Jan. 4). He will lead them on a month's journey to the ancient crusading strongholds of the order-to Jerusalem, to Bethlehem, to Jericho...
...full name of this 0. M. S. was announced as "The Organization for the Maintenance of Supplies"; and several peers, among them Admiral Lord Jellicoe, Lord Hardinge of Penshurst, Viscount Falkland, Major General Lord Scarbrough, Lord. Ranfurly, Admiral Sir Alexander Duff, Lieut.-General Sir Francis Lloyd, stood sponsor for what would seem to be a most ambitious attempt at organizing the country to protect and feed itself, in case of a national emergency...