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OIL

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Japan needs oil, the war would end,

China needs oil. Without oil

The blockage of the China coast

is primarily to prevent oil from roaching China.

ROBERT BYRON here explains the power of oil in world politics

no "oil problem", and other Gov-

to vex our own

ernments.

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- Roughly 240,- TRY THEM Bess their story of the Bri- 000,000

tish agent disguised as a tons of crude oil Jesuit who swiped the a year are at Anglo-Persian concession ed out of the out of D'Arcy in the confes earth. sional.

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present persuad-

Of this, the United

It was the power of oil-tinunes States is reston- they were getting at. But to sible for the day oil itself is power, apart greater part, 60

from the money il fetches-just per cent.

:

The

rest as salt is power to savages.

mainly Neither modern society nor mo- comes

Russia, dern. armaments can function from

Venezuela, Stubbs Rd without it.

Iran An oil policy, therefore, is al- Rumania,

Mexico and the most as much a necessity to a country as a foreign policy. To Dutch East form such a policy each Govern- Indies, Iraq, ment must first consider what Colombia, the George Lommer and famliy thank oil does for the community and. Argentine,Pera,

Gheir friends for the kind expres- where it comes front. It must Trinidad sion of sympathy received then relate these factors to its India with during their recent bereavement.country's strategic situation. Burma also con

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The

And the British Government tribute in addition must relate them to million the defence of the Empire and each.

Hongkong Telegraph. the command of the seas.

MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1938.

SAFEGUARDS

NEEDED

and

over a tons

Except for the United · 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- days in Shanghai,commendations, which the Gov- chanised, a re those Tense days for all the ernment is expected to follow, precisely

will be the most important of which to all in- | Far. East, when a hot word, or their kind since the Royal Com- tenta and pur- LI act of imprudence, may mission on Oil Fuel and Oil - poses have not easily lead to a sword cut or agine for the Navy reported be- got it.

Tense

these.

fore the War.

EVEN the British Em tankers, port installations, local

uses

THIRD method in- A

pistol shot and precipitate some-

The part played by oil in the

itiated more recently pire is deficient in this depots and retailers, covers the thing more than a crisis,

working of civilised society

resource. In 1936 the main trade routes and most of by countries which feel them--

specially liable to There have been more than may be judged by the case of vital

Great Britain. In 1936, our total contribution of Trinidad, the habitable territory of the selves

Burnia. British globe. It might be disturbed in blockade or find it hard to raise suficient incidents in Shanghai and transport used 1,335 mil- India, with

is based on the desire to dispense with im- of late to indicate to anyone lion gallons of petrol and our Borneo, Bahrein and Canada war-time, but could hardly be foreign currency,

to four and a half upset altogether.

an impulse million

Britain tons. Grant

A more definite safeguard, ports altogether, but a pride-blinded egotist thecroplanes 15. The paint indus- amounted

try needed 20 milion 'gallons of alone. in time of peace,

though one within the frame- which, if carried to its logical necessity for swift corrective white spirit.

work of the industry, was taken conclusion, must so impoverish measures. As long as Japanese Two hundred and ten million about ten million tons annually.

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. are in close contact with French, gallons of paralin went to farm-

jengines and domestic and other

scribed more than half the against. Russian, British and American purposes. Shipping, excluding

There THUS, since no country shares of the Anglo-Persian Oil

are two ways of re- can defend itself with- troops and police there is the the Navy, burnt 340 million

Company.

ducing oil imports. The first This method amounts to is to manufacture synthetic oils danger of an explosion. There gallons of heavy oil, industrial out oil and since a war might plants 255, and commercial interrupt some countries' im-

financial insurance by a Govern- out of coal and kindred sub- is no sense or use in shutting transport 55. Machinery of all ports, we must see, before pro- ment at the source. It was stances. The second is to use

million ceeding to our own problems, imitated, after the war, by the substitutes for oil. one's eyes to the existence of kinds swallowed 125

what measures a Government

French Government, which now For the former purpose, three" · this risk. The other day Japani-gallons of lubricants.

take to ensure supplies controls 234 per cent. of the The power of oil politically is can

hold the field: low processes ese soldiers bent a British police due to its irregular distribution against an emergency.

shares of the Iraq Petroleum temperature

carbonisation, 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 Companie Francaise des Troposch process.

of the oil industry as a private Petrols. The British Govern. that soldier of the Loyal Regi

enterprise to make oil available ment has a similar form of in- ment showed remarkable and look after themselves there; where oil is wanted. The in- terest in the same company 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 n mob. Provocation or not, the Japanes

involved had

A Russian Volunteer threat-

fered, we are told, when a Japanese ill-treated a Chinese

suppose that they are incapable.

If, as the Japanese will doubt- less argue, such a neutral area might shelter sripers and others

Fun

"MUMM

****

THE substitutes for oil are not of great im- portance, except in so far as they would release a certain amount of petrol to the defence forces in the event of a shortage. They motor-vehicles are useful to

With The Youngstersons. One is alcohol, the ad-

perate and intemperate."

FINALLY, there is the

method

of storage.

no right to lay antagonistic to the Japanese

mixture of which with petrol is enforced in certain countries as hands on this officer. Had they occupation, let the Japanese stayUMMY, F's got tummyache, not been Japanese soldiers, but clear of it. They have room and said six-year-old Nellie.

"Riches," said the teacher to her a means of helping the farmer. class, "ake unto themselves wings The others are in the form of civilian Chinese, there is no to spare in other parts for "That's because there is nothing in and fly away. Now, what kind of

Agas, which is either generated on the vehicle or carried ready- doubt but that the policeman billeting their regiments and t. You will feel all right after you riches do you think I meant

lunch." have had your would have defended himself housing their civilian nationals. mother.

Raid her blank look was her only reward.

"Come now." she coaxed, "surely made.in steel cylindera. Both someone can tell me. Yu, J with whatever weapons he pos-

Later in the afternoon the minister what kind of riches did the writer Cuses entail very frequent refuel- sesscil. What would have hap Why, Japan will want to called

ling, for which at present there and in the course of the

mean?"

facilities in John hesitated for a minute, then are practically no pened, one must wonder, Irad he know,, should any concession of conversation mentioned that he had

n headehe. "That is because there is inction dawned

"Ostriches. any country, used his pistol?

this sort be made? In order to nothing in it." piped Nallle. You'd avoid # collision with the feel better if you had something in it." Missi" he replied.

Later in the lesson the teacher Herbert had been taught to rise authorities of other nationals ened to use his. He had inter- |'which may mean loss of life and when his mother came uno ʼn reem, asked anyone to name the two gen- and to remain thus until she was ders, Willie volunteered to reply, a rupture of relations between seated or had left. One day he had "There are two genders, mascunde

feminine feminine. The

is The oil companies as a rule keep a friend with bim when his mother and powers. For after all, other entered. lie stood up, but his friend divided into two classes, torrid and about three months' supply in woman who had crossed a strectations have some rights in did not mave, so Herbert asked him fritid, and the masculine into tem-hand wherever their markets to draw water. The Japanese Shanghai. Let no-one think be- to do so.

are. In Japan, just before she A few minutes Inter, mother enter- regulations any 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 asked if the Kings of Israel were ed obliging them to increase this

mother entered for the third time her rich or poor. He repiled, "They to six. the Japanese soldier crossed the

can authorities, and the cool and son rose and the precocious quest were poor because it says that they

Though the vulnerability of street to pursue her. And the competent men who represent neted, "I say, does your mother think slept with tank farms to air attack can only altercation with the Russian, them, whatever their rank, that that she is the Nullonal Anthem?" been rich

of their own would have had beds

be proved by the event, it is not and the whole ugly series of this is a sign of weakness. There Willle was restless, and his mollier "And now," said the school in so great as people imagine, ow- events which followed it, might have been dangerous incidents said to him, "Sit down, Willle, and #pector. "do you know any poem that ing to the arrangements by your le sieter story." tells you that Burns was not exactly which nlighted tank can be have been prevented by a little in the past, and particularly be I've just told a story to dnd, and 1'u tectotal man?" One of the pups isolated and its contents drawn common kenat. The obvious tween the French and Japanese; can't sit down." was Willle's tearful replied. "Yes, lie wrole Gae bring

to me a pint o wine." "And did he off at the bottom. remedy for the present situation but it would be unwise to con-

"Well, well," said grandps to Anne, take any other intoxicants?" con- In our case, their disadvan- is a neutral and demilitarised clude that merely by training aged five, "what a big girl you are inued the insector. "Yes, bleartage Is that most of them, for arca surrounding the Inter-machine-guna on French troops becoming. I remember the day you bonate of soda," was the reply.

were born; it was a sunny Saturday "Where did you see that?" asked commercial reasons, are on the motional Settlement in whichi) and police can un altercation be morning."

the Inspector.

coast. But this can be, and "I saw it in a book that sold that probably in being, remedied by neither Japanese nor the troops satisfactorily concluded. These and police of any foreign nation things rankle and are long re- Five. "It couldn't have been, because the best thing for treating burns was the Committee of Imperial De

I always go to my dancing class on a bicarbonate of soda.",

fence. have authority. Let the Chinese membered.

Saturday morning

tell

reply.

"Oh, no, granpa," said file Mixs!