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Show AMERICAN INTERESTS GAIN RECOGNITION LONDON. Oct. 24 (By A. P.) Ar-rftnjremrntfl Ar-rftnjremrntfl for American oil lnterfsts to b rprvflented jointly with Kranco-Britlsli Kranco-Britlsli comrwnki In Mnopotamla are I b?inu completed, accord In a to n u-i u-i thorltativ Information received here i today. The exact extent of that i participation haa not been determined. It ia atated that tha oil concession in Mesopotamia in prewar times were owned by a Oerman and British con-rem. con-rem. Followinc the treaty of Fan liemo. the German interests were tmnaferred to the French. Now Ihe American have obtained an Interest throujeh scaling down tha Franco-British Franco-British shares, a majority of which are atlll In the poaseaslon of the British treasury. |