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Show Government After Shares of Shell Company to Forestall Fore-stall Americans LONDON) April 26. Negotiations arc in progress between tho government govern-ment and the Shell Transport & Trading Trad-ing company with a view to some from of government control ovor this big oil firm, according to the Daily Mall. The newspaper 6aya thoro Is reason to believe that as a result of Great Britain's war experiences and the present feverish activity by American oil interests, the government h.13 resolved re-solved that steps must be taken to insure in-sure that the vast Intoi-nclo r ! Shell company will never pass out of British control. The negotiations involve in-volve a plan for exchanging; .-jovcrn-mont stock for Shell company shares. Elaborating Its reference to the ac- tivitics of American oil men. and tho view that "their oil fields aro showing show-ing signs of exhaustion," tho Daily I Mail Intimated that the governmonf's action has as ita motive a doslro to 1 prevent Americans from absorbing companies controlling actual or potcn- tial sources of Great Erltain's oil sup. 5 Ply. i |