TOURING NOT FIGHTING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22256, 2 November 1935, Page 12

TOURING NOT FIGHTING

ETHIOPIAN FAIRY TALE 4 AMERICANS ON LURLINE BARON NOT COMMUNICATIVE • "We are just touring round and $ liave no intention of going to Ethi<v II pin," said Mr. J. D. Goodson, who with ; 'lf Mr. E. H. Harvey, arrived in Auck. '<s land yesterday by the Lurline from Los '' i -i Angeles. By the same boat there ar- - ;i J rived Baron Corneille Hubert de Mey T " Dalkeniade, who; according to a cable ' message from Honolulu, had recruited the two young Americans for the Ethio. pian Air Force. The two young men said they i n . tended to spend several weeks in New Ml Zealand, as they had planned before j-f they ever met Baron Dalkeniade. Dur- ill ing their stay they hope to do some \ trout fishing, and, if possible, some §| big game fishing. * \ The cable message from Honolulu on II October 23 stated that Baron Daikomade had recruited two American air- "if men for the Ethiopian..Air Force. The baron, who bought uniforms in Hono- ■ lulu, made a claim that Anzac airmen !l| were ready to join his escadrille. Ho was. denied admission to the mainland : $4 of the United States and Canada. ' . fig It was explained yesterday by Mr. MM Harvey and Mr. Goodson that they had met Baron Dalkemade in Honolulu, where they were staying at the same '/i hotel. The baron had spoken to them about the Ethiopian Air Force, but they had never had any intention of joining. Although both of them had done f some flying, they were not army air- 'M men, and they stated that they would If; be useless if it came to flying in Ethiopia. Baron Dalkeniade, who wore no uniform on arrival yesterday, refused to make any comment on the cable message. Ho said his wife was waiting to 'M meet him, and that he was going to % Brown's Bay. The baron is described in the list of prominent passengers supplied by tho Lurline as follows:—" Soldier of for- 'M tune, en route to Ethiopia, where he \ will head the Ethiopian Air Force."