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Japan noods oil. the war would end.
OIL
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T
China needs oil. Without oil
The blockade of the China coast
is primarily to prevent oil from reaching China,
ROBERT BYRON here explains the power of oil in world politics
no "oil problem" and other Gov-
to vex our own
ernments.
Roughly 240,- 000,000
WANTS to make your flesh creep," said the fat boy in Pickwick. The fat boys of the twentieth century have had great fun with oil: wit- TRY THEM ness their story of the Bri- tish agent disguised as a Jesuit who swiped the Anglo-Persian concession ed out of the out of D'Arcy in the confes- carth. of this, sional.
the United.
GET BEHIND THE WHEEL AND THIILL ΤΟ THE BRILLIANT STUDEBAKER
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Hongkong Hotel Garage
Phone 27778-9
metric
tons of crude oil a year are at present persuad-
It was the power of oil-finance States is respon they were getting at. But to- sible for the day oil itself is power, apart greater part, 65
from the money it fetches-just per cent.
The rest mainly Russin,
as sult is power to savages. Neither modern society nor mo- comes dern armaments can function from
Stubbs Rd without it.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
George Laminert and family thank their friends for the kind expres- slons of sympathy received during their recent bereavement
The
Hongkong Telegraph.
MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1018.
SAFEGUARDS
NEEDED
Tenne days In Shanghai,
those.
Tense days for all the Far East, when a hot word, or an act of imprudence, may easily lead to a sword cut or a pistol shot and precipitate some- thing more than a crisis,
Venezuela, An oil policy, therefore, is al- Rumania, Iran most as much a necessity to a Mexico and the country as a foreign policy. To Dutch Enst form such a policy each Govern- Indies, Iraq, ment must first consider what Colombia, the oil does for the community and Argentine, Peru, and where it comes from. It must. Trinidad then relate these factors to its India with country's strategic situation. Burma also con-
And the British Government in addition must relate them to the defence of the Empire and
the command of the seas.
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tribute million
each.
over a tona
Except for the Unite States and Russia,
SUCH are the questions therefore, it is which the Falmouth evident that the Committee, as a sub-committee countries which of the Committee of Imperial most need oil, Defence, has been discussing for being the most the last six months. Its re highly me- commendations, which the Gov- chanised, crnment is expected to follow, precisely will be the most important of which to all in- their kind since the Royal Com- tents and pur mission on Oil Fuel and Oil En poses have not gine for the Navy reported he got it. fore the War.
thosc
EVEN the British Em- tankers, port installations, local
The part played by oil in the workings of civilised society
case of vital There have been more than may be judged by the
total Great Britain. In 1936, our sufficient incidents in Shanghai land transport used 1,335 mil. India, of late to indicate to anyone lion gallons of petrol and our Borneo, Bahrein and
to four and million tons. Great but a pride-blinded egotist the aeroplanes 15. The paint indus- amounted
try needed 20 million gallons of necessity for swift corrective white spirit.
alone, in time of peace, measures. As long as Japanese! Two hundred and ten million about ten million tons annually. are in close contact with French, gallons of parallin went to farm purposes. Shipping, excluding
S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD. Russian, British and American engines-and-domestic-and-other
A
THIRD method in- itiated more recently
pire is deficient in this depots and retailers, covers the resource. In 1936 the main trade routes and most of by countries which feel them- liable. to specially contribution of Trinidad,. the habitable territory of the selves
Burma, with
British globe. It might be disturbed in blockade or find it hard to raise is based on Canada war-time, but could hardly be foreign currency,
a half upset altogether.
the desire to dispense with im- Britain
A more definite safeguard, ports altogether, an impulse uses though one within the frame- which, if carried to its logical work of the industry, was taken conclusion, must so impoverish by the British Government as these countries as to hasten the long ago as 1914, when it sub- very war it is designed to guard scribed—more-than-half-the-against.-
There THUS, since no country
shares of the Anglo-Persian Oil
are two ways of re- troops and police there is the the Navy, burnt 340 million
can defend itself with-
Company.
ducing of imports. The first danger of an explosion. There gallons of heavy oil, industrial out oil and since a war might
This method amounts to is to manufacture synthetic oils plants 255, and commercial interrupt some countries' im- is no sense or use in shutting transport 55. Machinery of all ports, we must see, before pro- financial insurance by a Govern- out of coal and kindred sub- mient at the source. It was stances. The second is to use BRANDSHAHR one's eyes to the existence of kinds swallowed 125 million ceding to our own problems, imitated, after the war, by the substitutes for oil.
what measures a Government this risk. The other day Japan-gallons of lubricants.
French Government, which now For the former purpose, three The power of oil politically is can take to ensure supplies controls 33% per cent. of the processes hold the field: low ese soldiers beat a British police due to its irregular distribution against an emergency.
shares of the Iraq Petroleum temperature carbonfaation, officer in sight of a lone British over the world's surface; if all The normal method is to rely Company through its holding in hydrogenation and the Fischer- sentry. It must be said that countries had it, there would be on the willingness and capacity, the Compagnie Francaise des Troposch process. that soldier of the Loyal Regi-|=
of the oil industry as a private Petrols. The British Govern- enterprise to make oil available ment has a similar form of in- wanted. The in- terest in the same company
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JOHN
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with IDA LUPINO MARGOT GRAHAME
Gordon Jones, Erik Rhodes, Baly Gilbert, Paul Guilfoyle
Directed by Ben Soloff Produced by Albert Lawin Screen play by Ernest Pagano, Harry Segal and Horold Kusall REO-RADIO PICTURE
ON THE STAGE
THE INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS CHINESE DANCERS
EVELYN
AND
TED CHEN
Presenting
THEIR WORLD FAMOUS REPERTOIRE OF EASTERN & WESTERN DANCES
At All Performancos
and
At Usual Pricos
suppose that they are incapable.
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ment showed remarkable and look after themselves there; where oil is commendable restraint. Some they have governed themselves dustry's distributing system, through its Anglo-Persian hold- men might have done the rash before, and there is no reason to comprising pipe-lines, refineries, ings. thing, seeing another, and a countryman at that, ill-used by what must be called a mob. Provocation or not, the Japanes: involved had no right to lay
hands on this officer, Hers, but not been Japanese soldiers, but civilian Chinese, there is
doubt but that the policeman would have defended himself with whatever weapons he pos- Bessed. What would have hap pened, one must wonder, had he used his pistol 7
If, as the Japanese will doubt- less argue, such a neutral area might shelter snipers and others antagonistic to the Japanese |
Fun With The
occupation, let the Japanese stay "MUMMY, 'se pot umyuche, clear of it. They have room and
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THE substitutes for oil are not of great im- portance, except in so far as they would release a certain amount of patrol to the defence forces in the event of a shortage. They are useful to motor-vehicles
Youngsters only. One is alcohol, the ad-
housing their civilian nationals, mother.
have had your lunch.” said her blank look was her only reward. on the vehicle or carried ready-
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Herbert had been taught to rise
and
perate and intemperate,"
mixture of which with petrol is enforced in certain countries as "Riches," said the teacher to her a means of helping the farmer. eloss, "lake unto themselves wings
The others are in the form of to spare in other parts for: "That's because there is nothing in and dy away. Now, what kind of
Agas, which is either generated billeting their regiments and it. You will feel all right after you riches do you think I mean?".
"Come now." she coaxed, "surely made in steel cylinders. Both
You. Later in the afternoon the minister someone can tell me. Why, Japan will want
to called and in the course of the what kind of riches did the writer cases entail very frequent refuel-. ling, for which at present there know, should any concession of conversation mentioned that he had mean?"
John. hesitated for a minute, then are practically no facilities in a. hendelse. "That is beenuse there is
dawned this sort be made? In order to nothing in it." piped Nellie. You'd
"Ostriches. any country, avoid a collision with the feel better if you had something in it." Miss!" he replied. A Russian Volunteer threat-
Later In the lessen the teacher authoritics of other nationals{ ened to use his. He had inter-
FINALLY, there is the which may mean loss of life and when his mother came into a room, usked anyone to name the two gen-
method and to remain thus until she was ders. Willie volunteered to reply, fered, we are told, when £1
of storage. One day he had "There are two genders, masculine Japanese Ill-treated a Chinese a rupture of relations between seated. or bad left,
friend with him when his mother
feminine. The feminine is The oil companies as a rule keep powers. For after all, other entered. He stood up, but his trend divided into two classes, torrid and about three months supply in woman who had crossed a street nations have some rights in did not move, so Herbert asked him frlaid, and the masculine into tem hand wherever their markets. to draw water. The Japanese Shanghai. Let no-one think be-to
are. In Japan, just before she regulations say she should not
cause of the forbearance of the ed again, and the same procedure Bobby was at Sunday school and attacked China, a law was pass- have crossed the street. But
French and British and Ameri-was gone through. When Herbert's was naked if the Kings of Israel were ed obliging them to increase this. the Japanese soldier crossed the can authorities, and the cool and con rose and the precocious guest were poor because it says that they
mother entered for the third time her rich or poor. He replied, "They to six. street to pursue her. And the competent men who representarked, "I say, does your mother think slept with their fathers. If they had Though the vulnerability of altercation with the Russian, them, whatever their rank, that that she is the National Anthem?" been rich
office they would have had beds tank farms to air attack can only and the whole ugly series of this is a sign of weakness. There
be proved by the event, it is not Willie was restless, and his mother "And now," sald the school in- so great as people imagine, ow- events which followed it, might have been dangerous incidents sold to him, "Sit down, Willie, and sector. "do you know any puem that ing to the arrangements by have been prevented by a little in the past, and particularly be-rve just told a story to dad, and I
fell your Hitle Alster A story." tells you that Burns was not exactly
a lectotal man?" One of the pupils which a lighted tank can be The obvious tween the French and Japanese; can't sit down," was Willie's tearful replied. "Yes, he wrote 'Gne bring isolated and its contents drawn remedy for the present situation but it would be unwise to con-
to me a pint of wins. " "And did le off at the bottom. "Well, well," said grandon to Anne, take any other intoxicante?" con is a neutral and demilitarised clude that merely by training aged five, "what a big girl you are lined the inspector, "Yes, bicar area surrounding the Inter-machine-guns on French troops becoming. I remember the day you bonate of soda," was the reply.
"Where did you see that?" asked motional Settlement in which and police can an altercation bemorning it was a sunny Saturday
the inspector.. noither Japanese nor the troops antisfactorily concluded. These "Oh, no, granpa," said little Mina "I saw it in a book that said that and police of any foreign nation things rankle and are long re- I always go to my dancing class on a bicarbonate of soda,” .
Five. "It couldn't have been, because, the best thing for treating burns was the Committee of Imperial De have authority. Let the Chiness membered.
Baturday morning."
fence. B. T.
common
A few minutes later, mother enter-
¡reply.
were
In our case, their disadvan- tage is that most of them, for commercial reasons, are on the coast. But this can be, and probably is being, remedied by
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