Show ads I 1 powers 3 starve f for broil oil no I 1 war making ammunition TIT ASHINGTON that vr bromide about armies marching on their stomachs hold water any more armies and also navies and air forces march on their gasoline supply this mechanized militarism becomes especially sig Ru manias rich oil property she 0 could o uld get an additional a year italy produces little more than barrels a year americas vast oil empire extends far beyond the national borders in including clu ding rich pools in peru venezuela colombia parts of rumania and poland and interests in sumatra java and iraq if the united states were prodigal it could easily A 0 A Z tanks like these cat gasoline fifty years ago armies moved by horsepower or foot worrying only about food and gunpowder ant in light of statistics showing that three members of the peace bloc the united states great britain and france and one potential member soviet russia control more than 90 per cent of the worlds oil supply and despite the frantic eff efforts orts ot of japan J germany and italy to cor meng dit ional supplies new oil lands leased to democracies A few weeks ago the king ot of boudi arabia turned down oil offers from japan and germany to accept a smaller figure from an american Ameri carL firm fa m every branch uses oil streamlining of military and naval forces has placed almost all activity on a mechanized basis airplanes tanks and motorized cavalry have arisen in the past 30 years while naval vessels are replacing coal with fuel oil A chart of the worlds oil supplies shows the united states in no I 1 position with a 1933 production of barrels this was per cent of the world output by contrast japan has only her lin island concessions from russia pr producing dicing 2 barrels a year with her naval re bilto ants of barrels a year she now buys some barrels annually from america germanys germanas Germ anys wells produce barrels a month but ut by conquering supply the rest of the world with oil for or many years to come for military purposes petroleum is now held just as important as gunpowder for without gasoline to move equipment guns are useless |