In 1934, after announcing that he would break his self-imposed silence in the Hollywood Bowl, Baba changed his plans abruptly and boarded the RMS Empress of Canada and sailed to Hong Kong without explanation.
V roku 1934 po tom, ako oznámil, že preruší mlčanie pre ktoré sa rozhodol v Hollywood Bowl, Baba náhle zmenil svoje plány, nastúpil na palubu Empress of Canada a bez vysvetlenia odcestoval do Hongkongu.