Show iwaso washington to D C U S BRITISH OIL ACCORD this column it should be noted it in advance is likely to be tie dull but if you are interested in keeping your son or h husband band out of another war it shou should d be important the united states and great britain bellam are just cc concluding the fil first t agreement aimed to remove the danger of war an agreement on oil oil is in one of the most ticklish economic subjects in the world oil is a what makes a nations battleships hp move runs be the automobiles sends th the planes into the air in to tact c spells the daffe difference rence between a nation of strength or a nation which bou must bow to t the he whims whim of others other the present oil agreement seeks to settle settie the battle for oil eliminate one important imperfect cause of war the last war was scarcely over ever when great geat britain began maneuvering bomea g to corner the oil supplies 0 of the world british leaders were quite frank flank about it united state slates protest F finding it i g it itself elf to this position the united I 1 state slates a go government lumped limited lot into the b battle a file for oil with vigor the secretary of state charles evans hughes wrote a series of blunt bare faced notes to the british wanting to know why they belled barred american oil companies from palestine since palestine was not british but merely el y mandated to the british by mer the he L league e u 1 mth meanwhile i le the britt british s h though barring the U J S from t their h r areas of interest quietly invaded tied ours mim they turned up with cones concessions s men in colombia not far from the panama canal even in panama proper a british gold mining company staked out is a huge and suspicious claim in an area where here no gold was known to exist at history begins to repeat in world war II 11 history at first began to repeat the five senators who toured the world war fronts came b back eh with the story of how the U USA S A was rapidly depleting her oil cal reserves a while the british were hoarding theirs they told how the british were trying to in keep us from further developing oil resources in arabia how the british had bad a refinery on the gulf of persia 50 per cent idle while we shipped oil clear across the atlantic to british armies in the near east yes it looked as if history would repeat on last april 29 however representatives of the british and american governments negotiated luat an informal understanding aimed to eliminate the oil battles batties of the future it we was an excellent cel lent far sighted agreement and during the last two weeks in washington lord beaverbrook Beaver brook and his associates have been negotiating intia ting with secretaries ickey ickes and hull to make this informal oil agreement crit formal huron eel and bundi bill mc this time the british have been far more are loo cooperative operative and farsighted far sighted than in 1919 1111 with liams one pass possible lb exception after U 9 british experts laid their excellent april 29 ground work lord beaverbrook Beaver brook looked kicked over ever the traces at some things thing a scrapes tat and he seems em to be keeping a more met a w watchful I 1 rye eye on the unter interests interest of th the empire than on ft a fair fum future re peace for ansta instance he be has beer been mun insisting sting that britain have the eight ight to 1 ban bit the I 1 sale of IT S oil ml as eri england despite the fact that british Britis hS shell I 1 however sells in this country however the basic agreement is truly ell encouraging cou raging when it comes to future I 1 peace provisions of agreement it provides first that petroleum shall be available in international trade to the nationals of all poses peace loving countries in ade adequate quite veto volume on e at fair prices and on an equit equitable b I 1 lend and non nondiscriminatory discriminatory basis this means that it if the USA runs one out of oil or vice versa it is up to britain to help supply us unless tor for example one or the other attempts to conquer ethiopia as mussolini ani did and the world peace ma chilery countries attempt to cut 0 off their oil as the league tried to do d to toy italy tj b but of because of pressure fro from m I 1 the h e big companies could not do the agreement also gives equal opportunity for acquisition development etc in areas under concession this elim chronicles mates cutthroat butth t rivalry for new fields each nation is to respect the valid concessions of the other and its citizens finally and very ery import important act exploration tv deve development operation of refineries and distribution shall he not but be hampered by restrictions imposed e by I 1 either afier g government or its I 1 nationals MERRY GO ROUND 41 cautious mr turk if you want the real low it down on why by the turks or ks finally broke with germany ge dobso it it was be because c ame hitler had moved troops te opa o pa out of bulgaria Bul gilli just opposite turkey after that the turks afraid it f being b sing attacked with sweden i and switzerland both closed to hit ler le ven for escape pe his h s few remaining I 1 havens are japan ari w which aich won t last at longani lon gand it argentina it t has long un been be turn rumored red that th the bazi top me men were building up c cah ra gervea wal in III argentina |