TER CAN SEE NO WAR AR OVER OVEA OIl FIELDS FIElD s S 5 5 i r rS H err st I I Ida In n Tn Tarbell Ida Tarbell Declares England England England En En- gland Would Lose Grip by Such Suc Move MoveD D By ED EbWARD THIERRY CA 1 S Service nie Staff NEW YORK Jan 27 War War over o the oil fields of the Near East is not likely in the opinion of Ida M 1 Tarbell famous famous fam tam ous oue author and editor Miss Tarbell disclaims Intimate knowledge of he to present international tangle in which war rumors are based on the oil dispute at the Lausanne Lausanne Lausanne Laus Laus- anne conference between the and the Turks But she has been recognized recognized recognized rec rec- as an authority since the appearance ap ap- In 1904 of her volume two-volume History of the Standard Oil Company Company Com Com- pany WAR AR WOULD MOULD BE DE MADNESS I It would UI be madness for tor England la earm h horM orM to 10 allow II a war over the u oil fields said Miss Tarbell England must realize that such an outcome of the Lausanne anne negotiations would exhaust the remaining patience and tr alienate na the remaining remaining- nl g- g sympathy United a ht the best opinion In tl the United States has lias for the allies She cannot afford that and I believe she knows ItI ItI itI It I I think England will keep control of the fields an and l that the question ques- ques ion tion will be settled by hag haggling lIng lIng- and andAll trading All that the United States Slates government government govern govern- ment will do will be to insist that our 11 nationals have a a. chance In the development development development devel devel- of the fields That of course I means Standard OH Oil It It-is It is the only one of our oil nationals that counts in th big big- blid international te oil game game V hat iss Tarbell points I out that oil Is an international question because it is an imperative necessity in time of war u. u S. S SA I KS S DAY DAI It It is nonsense nonsense she said to re regard regard regard re- re gard the fields s as a necessary supply for the present commercial oil needs needs We Ve have enough oil now This is for the future especially for the navies of the tl world England has no oil at home and In incase case of war would collapse without a a. supply from outside out out- side During the dhe European war the United States saved the situation aut by getting oil to the allies That is the reason why English I statesmen are so concerned over the question and it explains the close open conne connection lon between the British government and the oil Interests over there there something that does d not exist here in any like degree A war over oil now would be curiously a war to make future wars possible possIble possIble-or or in another sense to force rc keep My the Judgment peace t of is th that the If U future England la by a keeps the Turks out of the oil oilfields oilfields fields there e will be developed e on a bi big scale i In this I American n lc Interests s would woul have an important hand Whether hether the Turks would develop them is a question question question ques ques- tion for the Turks are not modern nor c c energetic Miss said ald the value of or the he oil fields of was not definitely known