Show PROTEST PROTEST O OIL FILINGS Utah oil lands threaten to become becom the center of an international controversy controversy contro contro- vcrs versy as the result of oC efforts of the thi Royal Dutch Shell combine to secure seL secure se se- L cure a permit to prospect for oil it In ha Inthe the vicinity of Woodside not fa far y from front the tIle Denver Rio Grande Western Western Western West West- ern railroad Question as ns to th the right of oC this foreign corporation to tc 4 acquire oil rights in the tho United States under the oil leasing law has been raised by Utah oil oU interests and ultimately this question will have tot to tobe t be determined by the interior department deI department de de- de- de largely upon advises of I the tho department of oC state i Last week a New Yo York l' l paper carried carried car car- ii r ried ed the report British Into Interests rests are arc buying heavily into the Dutch Shell r. r company having recently invested In and this heavy Investment investment invest Invest- ment went has given rise riso TO so o tho report that the British now are seeking absolutely absolutely absolutely ab ab- ab- ab to control the tho Dutch Shell r- r which next to the tIle Standard Is the largest oil company in the world At the time Senator King first proposed proposed prow pro pro- w posed an investigation into Dutch t operations in American oil according accord accord- y f. f ing to the New York news report V W. 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H Allen vice president of oC the Delaware Shell company was sent to Washington to head off of an gation The article in question continues continues con con- Now it seems that Allen was not nota a practical oil man but a practical Pennsylvania politician the most h s practical kind in the world Therefore Therefore There There- There There-I fore he was an intimate of Senator i Boies Boles Penrose On his arrival ati at i Washington he immediately consulted con con- suIted Penrose at that time Republican l lican boss of the senate as to the best means of killing the King I resolution i On September 27 1921 after f i seeing Penrose Allen wrote a report to President Sabin of the Guardian Trust company Allen said that Penrose Penrose Penrose Pen- Pen rose strongly advised against the proposed strong-arm strong methods of smothering the King resolution Penrose Pent Penrose Pen- Pen t rose gave his opinion mat the best thing to do would be to take no notice no tice of the resolution he t felt feIt would simply make maKo the resolutions resolution's resolutions resolution's tion's passage more certain andr and r- r would give Senator King an opportunity opportunity o to make a public commotion Penrose always the agent of big business' business in the senate said the commerce comerce com corn coerce merce erce committee to which the resolution resolution resolution res res- was referred was a large one and difficult to handle Senator King was a free lance and could not be controlled However Mr Penrose Penrose Pen Pen- rose fose wanted Mr Sabin assured that If he Sabin did not agree as to the advisability of the silent treatment please notify Mr Penrose and he would do anything ho could In the the matter According to complaint made to the interior department the Dutch Shell company through subsidiaries of is trying not only to get control valuable oil leases in Utah but in Wyoming as well and already Is operating operating operating op op- in California If these supposed sup posed subsidiaries are aro actually owned owned owned own own- ed or controlled by Dutch capital t then their right to acquire oil leases altoS altogether altogether alto alto- in the United States depends gether gather upon whether or not Holland S permits American citizens to acquire oil oU rights in Dutch territory The oil leasing law allows foreigners or corporations whose stock is wholly or party held by foreigners to acquire acquire acquire ac ac- ac- ac quire oil oll rights in the United States the extends r- r if their own country same ame privileges to Americans l but ut if the foreign country bars American acquiring oil rights in citizens from i their dominion then such foreigners are barred under the oil leasing act I from acquiring oil leases In this country The department of state Is lIS n UI H- H making Inquiries as to wether or not ot the tho Dutch allow Americans to ac se- sequire acquire quire oil oU rights in any of their possessions pos pos- sessions L and ami also is making a u. u ily tt lY llY w are granted Arn Amuri rl as to what rights territory under grit Int cans in British the from aside Ish mandate But findings of the state department nt the i l Interior department later will held S hearings on the complaint filed mell h bj 3 the Utah Interests and the ultimate Dutch Shell or its sub sub- right of the t f. f to operate In Utah Utah and Wyoming as well as In determined will then be formally of oC the the tho secretary The fhe law gives to determine this Interior authority queston The filings of oC the Dutch Interests in Utah have not been acted acted act- act F ed upon 1 |