Show THE OIL WAR the combination of british trench mul and dutch oil interacts to contest the tile neild bild control of oil by american firms is apparently well tell along long with its plans the standard oil company resist ance from this combination when it ought sought blish centers of distribution at french ports tile state department was nas obliged to inter intervene ene beford tho the french gov ernin tut gave ganc that tit the Stai standard ilard would not anict nith competition closely fol loving the tile nd adjustment of differences between the american corn com pany and the french government lo however wever comes the tile anent that the french branch 0 oi iho the anglo persian oil company has completed nn all agreement to distribute in ili france larno quan lilies of oil from front british sources af f tin standard dots not abandon its intention of entering the french territory on oil a large scale and it at present there is no indi ration that it expects to give ground in any direction the flie first test of tho strength of tho the two great groppi of oil nite interests resti 1111 ill come tome in france their competition so sn far has been in it efforts to extend control ocr the supply of brude oil the britis Bri hanc atis in mexico IH exico and it Is probable ahat much of the recent activity ity in the mexican oil fields cu be braced to agenal of the tile conte i hilt 1 groups and to promoters of abild ild cat eat oil projects who hope to profit by the tile publics that lh lre re is a world oil war from hleb ech some speculators are likely to prow grow rich I 1 the real significance of the ino movement against american oil interests is the growing demands for lor oil as fuel on oil merchant ships the british government hold holds s a large share in ili the anglo persian company as a gienis of aiding british shipping b pro providing iding for a supply u aply of lrudd oil andr british control the american govern anent lucius from experience in ili letting t contracts or fuel oil for the ua ma LI alit it the tile world orld auppl is the object of spirita d competition As a phase of the post mar nr contest for trade nd lid vantages van tin tho contest the two groups promises to command the tile in it if not the active support of er e r goe goeriz rii ment that ampro gatei the alue of boht w m ir trade op tui itcea iea nes ind |