sentences:  The proud ship remained in active trans-Pacific service until 1922; and then she lingered, harbor-bound in Vancouver for several years.The dragon figurehead has been preserved at the Seawall in Stanley Park 
  
  "Empress of Japan" was refitted as an Armed merchantman during the Great War; and consequently, she lost the elegant white gleam associated with luxury cruise ships.The agreement of commission between Canadian Pacific Railway, the Canadian Federal Government and the British Parliament included a clause which stated that in the event of war, "Empress of Japan" would be re-fitted to meet Admiralty requirements.