LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21807, 23 May 1934, Page 11

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

EARLIER INTERESTS LOST LIKING FOR AIR FORCE LONDON, May 11 "I am not interested in the war between lbn Saud and the Imam of Yemen," declared "Lawrence of Arabia." otherwise Aircraftsman Shaw, in an interview in the News Chronicle. "I am not interested in Arabia, and have not been there since 1918. "In spite of reports to the contrary, I am interested only in aeroplanes and motor-boats. "Next year I leave the Air Force. I do not want to, but they will not have me because I am too old. It is still a young man's game. 1 am not unhappy. 1 like working on aeroplanes. "1 am not interested in money or rank. There is no mystery about me. J am just an ordinary man, trying to earn a living in the way he likes. The mystery about me is fictitious, yet I am banned from every country because I am supposed to be a secret service agent. 1 am nothing of the kind, and never have been. "J want to be left alone, not hounded from pillar to post because I am supposed to bo a notorious character." Aircraftsman Shaw confessed that ho did not know what he would do after quitting the Air Force, but said he would not soil his hands writing sensational stories of his alleged war-time exploits. "1 only did it once, because there have to bo official records," he said, "but, apart from that, my hands are clean."