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The vast industry of modern road transport
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Oll will play an important part in the Italian campaign'
in Ethiopia. Cut off from the all supplies of the world, the invaders would be helpless, their fight hopeless.
Once upon
Then he sold the Chineso his Rockefeller oil to put in the lamps.
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Deterding waited until all the lamps were burning brightly and then proceeded to sell Royal Dutch oil much below Rocke feller's price..
Now, British oil investments amount to close on £150,000,000.
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a time armies United States stand together runs on oil. Tar is made marched their stomachs. there will not be any great war, from it. Newspapers Now they move on petrol tanks, as long as they control the sea-
When the treaty of peace was signed between the oil fighters driven on oil. The tanks, ár- Japan is short of oil. This it was on the basis of a fifty- Mrs. J. W. C. Bonnar und family are poured from the Navies burn oil, airplanes are ways.
cars and transport makes her envy Russia's vast fifty agreement and equal mono- friends for many kind expressions presses wet with ink moured
of the mechanised half-developed Caspian oilfields poly prices in the oil markets. of sympathy in their recent made from oil or carbon wagons
and covet the Dutch East Indies. bereavement, also for floral tri-
At the moment off dominates Already it has made her scize funeral. butes sent and attendance at the black. Houses are paint- armies are helpless without oil.
Manchukuo. For in Munchukuo ed and proofed against the world situation.
are coal mines with
When and if the League of Probably only one thing pre- there the weather with oil, vented Kaly from
fighting 5,000,000,000 tons of shale oil in Nations control the Black Inter- GITTINS-On November 28th, 1536,shoes are cleaned with it, Abyssinia long ago the lack of them.
national of Oil, then it will. her to move
Now the overwhelming pre- control both the sources of war. and Mrs. W. M. Gittins, a son. lipstick could hardly be oil with which
made for the million amics. Now that lack, by col- dominance of the United States and of peace.
lective action, may be turned in- in oil is beginning to diminish. But the great Imperial Powers without it.
So, indeed, is the world's supply, of the world have so far been to a famine.
The distribution of oil over and very seriously, too. Under able to control the Black Inter- the world is uneven. It deter- present conditions the potential national far less than the Soviet Half the ships of the world mines the strategy of the Great Teserve is estimated at 24,000,- Government can control the Red are fuelled by oil. And coal is Powers. Only two Great Powers 000,000 barrels. The world is International. passing away as the driving have sufficient oil deposits in using it at the rate of 1,500,000,-
Like the propagandists of the power of railways. Diesel oil is their territory to be independent 000 barrels. So sixteen years world revolution, the salesmen supplanting it. Carbon black, of outside sources.
may see the finish! No wonder of oil have far outrun the con- the oil men fight for new fields. derived from petrolcům, has
trol of national Governments. given rubber a wear-resisting The first is the United States,
Humanity goes dithering The conditions under which quality greater than rubber it which controls or owns roughly
In and out of the headlines
rulers for Marble Hall, former residence | self.
three-quarters of the world to-day flashes the name of Sir along electing
parishes which are called na- of Sir Paul Chater, has been
Deterding, Dutch-born
tions, while men controlling the handed over to the Admiralty Now a fear fills the hearts of supply, and the other is the Henri were disclosed in the Legislative men-that oil will be mingled Soviet Union, which controls British citizen.
about one-eighth.
Lord Fisher described Deter. keys of life and death stretch their hands untrammelled across Council yesterday, in answer to with blood.
The rest is scattered through ding as "Napoleonic in his
the world, questions on the point by Mr.
one audacity and Cromwellian in his Once men fought with spears the world, and that is
It is these men-not their Paterson. The house is made available as a residence for the and lances, or later with guns reason why Britain must have thoroughness."
great navy to control the sea Fisher said that mouthful countries who can end the war in Ethiopia, by prohibiting the Admiral for so long as the naval and rifles, lands, or forests, or authorities use it as such, and no ports. To-day, above all, they paths along which that oil is after Deterding had beaten John sale of oil to Italy. Very soon,
D. Rockefeller, until then the rent-is-being-charged.-Main-fight with oil.
heavy-weight, long-distance now, they may do so, champion of the oil fighters.
Deterding decided early in life
FRIDAY, Nov. 29, 1935,
THE CHATER BEQUESTS
tenance costs are to be the
Admiralty's responsibility, and
brought here.
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should the residence at any time NOTES OF THE DAY noncon schemes she could to fight Rockefeller for the ail
cease to be used for the purpose
named; it has to be handed back
to the Government in good con- POPULAR MAPLE LEAF dition. Apparently, the gift is 1. Of all the decisions taken by the
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When the oil war was at its height in China, Rockefeller gave away millions of lamps to the Chinese, and on cach lamp was inscribed Mei Foo, which is
The Very Idea!
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Everything, Says Kelly
By Eddio "Gergsa” Kelly "Prohibiting the sale of files, pliers, torches, Jemmies, hacksawa and masks to Edward Kelly at the Central Court Mr. Schofield, on behalf yesterday,
For to-day, even in peace time, Britain needs 1,300,000,000 gal- lons a year, and from her hardly produce more than one- tenth. The amount we get from He took the precaution of got- British Empire countries is only ting the Paris, Rothschilds be hind him. Then he went into and in the nature of a gesture to the Governing Body of the Inter-71,000,000 gallons.
That is why Britain finds it the United States itself Navy, especially in view of the national Labour Organisation of
THESE SANCTIONS fact that Hongkong appears to the League of Nations at a recent necessary to control Iraq and bought up land and companies none was more popular Persia, to lend powerful support right under the nose of Rocke- be the only naval station in meeting, which the Admiral has no official than the election of Canada to and real protection to the Dutch feller and his associates. After
seat, writes a eom-East Indick, and to keep the that he fought-Rockefeller from Let's Start An Embargo On residence. There is apparently permanent
Under the South Atlantic open to Vene- Mexico to China. no question as to the right of the mentator from Geneva. Government to make over the constitution of the Governing Body, zuela, the third largest source of
in eight Government scals are per oil in the world. residence In the manner which it has, but members of the manently held by the-eight coun- trics of chief industrial importance.
You can see from these figures Legislative Council, as repres-The Governing Body fiself decides entatives of the public, have which shall be considered as these how vulnerable Britain would be some cause for complaint in that States, but any question on the without a navy. You can also they were not in any way con- aubject goes in the League Council see that if Britain and the Chinese and means Good Luck. sulted in the matter. The per- for docision. The criteria were mission of the Secretary of worked out in 1922 on an elaborate State was secured, it is revealed, accounting system of population, as far back as 1927; why the number of factories, wealth, etc., Council were not consulted, and and the eight States chosen were why the decision was kept secret Belgium, Canada, France, Ger- for so long-only to be disclosed many, Great Britain, India, Italy and Japan. When the U.S.A. and in response to Press enquiries-the Soviet Union joined the 1.LO.. it is difficult to understand.it was clear that they had a right Regarding the Chater collection to permanent seats, but it was less. of pictures and porcelain, the obvious who should retire. Fin- position is anything but satis-aily, revised criteria were adopted factory. The pictures are scat-which gave more welght to popu tered about in. Government latten and were thus more favour House, Government offices and able to India and Italy. The result the University, being for all in was that Canada and Belgium drop- tents and purposes not available ped out. Belgium accepted this decision regretfully but loyally, but for public inspection; whilst the Canada thought for a time of ap porcelain is stored in strong pealing to the League Counell. The rooms and hence rendered in retirement of Germany has, how- accessible. There can be little ever, made another, vacant seat, so doubt that Sir Paul's intention (Continued on Page 5.) --
ivas that these treasures should be made available to the public.
The Government intends to Chater collections are made open house the collections' In the pro- to general. inspection. When posed new City Hall, and the vote in respect of the ultimately in a new museum. road to the new Government Seemingly, it is proposed to House-part of the city develop- build a museum separate fromment plan-came before the the City Hall, although this has Council yesterday, it almost never been definitely announced. looked as if the scheme was The Government says there is being resumed. But the ex- no prospect, by reason of linan-planation was that the road cial considerations, of the new had already been completed! museum being provided in the This circumstance, together near future; but this is equally with the ignoring of the true of the much-needed City Council in regard to the Marble Hall, the scheme for which is Hall transfer, provides an illum- now in abeyance. Thus it will inating sidelight on local ba many a long day before the methods-of-government.
That phone call for you was asking about a date. I told
him yes, Was that all right?”
of the Hongkong Government, com- menced sanctions against, a notorious burglar who has been endeavouring for the past two months to break into the strong room of the new 'Hongkong. and Shanghai Bank.
Interrupted in his work upon the massive doors by a presa representa tive yesterday, Mr. Kelly paused fang enough to grant an interview on the subject of sanctions.
"I've still rol enough hack, saw blades to last me aix months,” he said, "and so long as the Court doesn't place an embargo on handdrills and gelignite, I think I'll be able to win through." Mr. Kelly then resumed his task.
Meanwhile, a committee comprising the whole issue of Hongkong Magis trates is meeting at Mae's Bracke counter tonight to conaller further sanctions. The difficulty, appears to be that, while Mr. Kelly's credit has heen stopped at Lane Crawford's, Wing On's, Sincere Coy., and other establishments, the China Emporium and one or two others refuse to apply sanctions.
WE haven't had reports like this WE
In the local papers yet, but if wo thought wo could get away with it, there soon would be some. After all, what's the difference?
We are all in favour of this sunction idea being applied to the Colon There's a lot of things we'd like to declare anctions on ourself.
For instance, a punitiva expedition of shroffe, which socks to rob you or your hard-earned salary, could bo.mer with economie sanctione. Not only would you rofuso, to gira money to
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