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tons of crude oil, which would not nearly suffice to cover Germany's war-time requirements even should I she be able to reach and control Rumanfun oil-felds. She tried to do so in the lust war, but we blew them up. Remember also that Rumanian, oil must go to Germany either by the

Russia's oil wells are too far distant to aid Germany. There [Danubian route or by sea through the Straits of Gibraltar, commanded are no direct transportation

by British guns. routes, no means of laying down pipes.

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Its 4,300,000 tons: Colombia, more thon 3,000,000 tons; Trinidad 2,700,000 000 tons, and Germany a mere 250,--* tons; Peru, 2,200,000 tuns; and others 093 tons. Our oil supplies are also brought of less capacity. to us by sea. But we happen to cum-

The British Empire, United States, The oil would have to be freighted mand the seas.

The total output of crude oll during and Norway, in fact own more than And there is more across the Black Sea in waters which than one sea route by which oil can throughout the world was no

the Arst six months of this year 71 per cent of the existing tanker would quickly become infested with be brought to Britain,

Icss than 130,000,000 metric tons, an in- Allied submarines-Britain has more wonder how

London crease of 3.1 per cent. over the cor- submarines than Germany, and would motorists realise that it is possible responding period for 1938-the year the bulk of the tankers would be then have to be taken by obsolete, that the petrol which they pour into for which figures in the table above British and American, Russian railways through shattered the tanks of their motor-cars to-day are given. Britain, her allies, and her Poland, where there are

was perhaps bubbling up from the friends, can call on the vast majorityi now no

The average tanker carries from soll in a Louisiana oil-field not more of that production. Fonder that, 10,000 to 13,000 tons of oil and takes railways at all.

Make no mistake about it. Qii will it has been piped, as part of a cunhad to export it from her own mengre the Persian Gulf via the Mediter-

than four weeks ago. In that time Hitlerl

less than three weeks to cross the Italy already short of oll, has even Atlantic, about a month to go from. the War. The propellers of stantly moving stream, several hun-

many

So you see that in the event of war

~London and Paris quarters-claim, that the new Itusso-German agree- ment which, implements their pre- war non-aggression pact, has not win taken the Allies by surprise, and that provision in their wat plans had aeroplanes and batteships turn on dred miles across country to Galves stocks to her unfortunate love-child, race

ton, on the Gulf of Mexico, refined, Abyssinia, Japan, which uses at least already been made for sucli oil. The wheels of guns, lorries, put into a tunker, which takes ten or 4,000,000 tons of oil a year, produces eventuality; nevertheless the news transport wagons, feld kitchens. twelve days to makes disagreeable reading, more

cross the Atlantic, less thin 300,000 tons of it. especially since its full import cannot armoured cars and motor-cars revolve transferred to storage tanks on the Russia produces about 30,000,000 yet be discerned. It is, perhaps on oll, Submarines are driven by oll. Thames Estuary, thence to no all tons a year. significant, the ns yet we have not

She needs it all.

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been given the Soviet interpretation: Every firal-class ship in the Navy is Wegon, thence again to a Alling Germany Immediately hailed the fuelled by all. There are more all of Mr. Jones's midget motor-car. station, and out of that into the tank pact as another "achievement", but none of the four points emphasised bunkering stations in the ports and Persian oll, piped-130 miles across the Berlin press offers any parti- ea the coasts of the British Empire desert to Abadan, on the Persian

cular foundation for the belief that Germany stands to gain.

than there are coaling stations,

Britain controls the majority of the world output of oil outside the United States and Russla, through the ten-

Gulf, can reach England refined and

fit for use, within some five weeks

of leaving the earth.

What about consumption?

gallon of petrol to every mile flown. A big bomber burns approximately

So if Mrs. Jones goes moloring with ten gallons in the tank she can cover Tanker Tonage

300 miles, whereas the bomber on ten:

tanker carry, who owns the tankers,

gallons will be lucky if it has. fown TOW is the oll brought-to much more than ten miles. It will.

·H° Britain, how much does a use a ton of all to cover the 300 miles!

how much does a big bomber burn-

As for the prolection of our sen.

and how, can we protect the transport routes, we have the biggest Navy in to England of this vital sinew of war, the

Those are

world to attend to that. That

The agreement was motivated by opportunism and its terms apparently are of a similar nature. The Arst point agreed upon is that Russo-

At Abudun they have one refinery this necessity without which modern Navy can refuel on oll at almost any German friendship has been finally tacies of her trade, finance, and which alone produces more than 31,arinies, modern navies, and modern port in the world. established, but the world, now treatles in the Near East, Venezuela,000,000 tons of finished oil per annum. air fleets are powerless? thoroughly awakened to the meaning of a dictator's promise, realises that Canada, the Dutch East Indies, the It is one of the largest In the world, the assurance has no inora} meaning. Persian Gulf, and such far-flung un-That refinery' alone could supply the spring to one's mind. And here are Alexandria, Třípoll, and the French In the Mediterranean alone, battle- the questions which ships can refuel at Cyprus, Port Said, Cynically, but factually, the world considered producers as British India, bulk of Great Britain's commercial some of the answers. remarks that though perhaps bearing British Burma, Egypt, and Briüsh requirements.

ports. Under the new Turkish Fact. the same markings, the tiger and the Borneo.

The total tonnage of the world's and the guarantee to Greece, those cut can never He down together.

There are two other great rednerles tanker feet for this year is 11,430,-harbours would also be open. At There Is an implied threat in the The normal peace-time oll con-at Curacao and Aruba, in the Dutch | 680. Of that second point which states that Ger- sumption of the United Kingdom for West Indies, both handling mainly Britain and her Dominions own 3-gest oil storage tanks in the world.

colossal total, Great Port Suez, there are some of the big- many and Russia will not allow fur-

more than Venezuelan ther interference in eastern European commercial purposes

oil. One deals with 204,341 tons; the United States 2,800,- vocably committed to such inter-sumption has increased by from other more than 25,000 tons. These comes third with 2,117,381 tons. ference, this clause can have no mean 300,000 to 600,000 tons every year, three great plants con supply more

Holland is fourth with more than and West Africa. ing beyond mutual comfort and

Our ships can bunker at every big

questions, but as the Allies are Irre- 12,000,000 tons. That rate of con-isome 20,000 tons of all a day. the 700 tons, and-surprisingly-Norway \port in India, at Rangoon in Burma,

wishful hoping by the contracting And there is no difficulty in getting than twice as much oil as we need half a million tons of tanker shipping.

parties.

The desire for the re-establishment of peace, the plaintive plea that the Allies should give up "a fullle and hopeless struggle against Germany" con be placed in the same category, and both Herr von Ribbentrop and M. Molotoff must have had their tongues sticking hord into their checks when they signed such clause.

The second threat, contained In Point Four, that should "the war- mongers" of the Allies prevail, Germany and Russia will "know how to meet the situation" is clearly plece of Hitler bombast and Bluf— bombast which suffered a cold reception when he spoke at Danzig

it to England.

But of that vast consumption of all products less than 9 per cent. is pro- duced in Britain,

Our main supply comes from the United States, the Dutch East Indies, Venezuela, and Iron, the new name for old Persia.

German Position

REATER Germany consumes 7,000,000 tons of oll a year

in peace time. She produces a little over one-third of it herself.

The addition of the ail in Austria,

a week ago, and a bluff that has now and even her superlatively ingenious been called by Britain and France, methods for making synthetic dila,

The agreement has great potential

"nuisance value" but its practical cannot bring her all supplies up to interpretation by Russia is more likely anything like her peace time require- to give Hitler a headache than to placements,

the Alles at a material disadvantage

in their fight against Nazism. Ger-

In all she produces about 2,400,000

many appears to be receiving from tons of oil a year, including synthetle Russia some of her own medicine petrol, benzol, and motor alcohol. first prescribed and administered by The rest she used to

gel from

the gangsters of Chicago, and which America, the Dutch Indles, Iran and Hitler apparently believed he had Rumania. The first three sources of supply were cut off the moment wor was declared.

patented.

But do not exaggerate the im- portance of Rumunia's oll output. It is not nearly so important as the ordinary man in the street imagines, The present output is about 0,000,000

In the long run the Allies may have as much to fear from Soviet Communism as they have to-day from Hitlerism. Russia has prar- tically nothing in common with Western democracy, and now that sho has entered the game of interna tional politics and diplomacy DM .equal terms bombera, machine guns, tanks and bayonets-she may even- funtly prove as great a threat to our real bid has yet to be made, and it cherished democracy ds does Nazism precisely how she is going to play. to-day. So far she has played her her cards which intrigues the world eards with consummate skill-the skill today. But so far as the Russo of a player who cuts into the game. German agreement is concerned, it after wotching.*"; his'... opponents' can fairly, safely be - described (an technique for a long time, nussia's another "scrap of papar. 193

for our normal requirements.

Japan has 429,000 tons. Italy 426,-

GRIN AND BEAR IT

By Lichty

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oia, this is all the thinks I getTM!!..

at every big barbour in South, East

Nothing To Fear TRINIDAD, in the West Indies, produces nearly 1,000,000 tons of its own oil, Canada nearly million tons, Egypt more than a quarter of million tons. So you seO that no British ship need fear an oil shortage on the seaways of the world.

It has been estimated in Parliament that Britain would use 4,000,000 gallons of oil a day during the war.

What of the stores in Britain? To-day, the reserve has been conal- derably augmented.

It is obviously Impossible for me to state what those reserves are. But It may be taken for granted that they jare large, that they have been amassed with foresight against emer- gency and that they cater for the needs of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force.

Although a big bomber will burn 4 ton of fuel for every 300 miles Bown, you can do a lot with ' -1,000- bombers in the air if you have 1,000,- 000 tons of petrol in reserve and the best aero engines in the world. At a recent test a British aero engine, tried against the best German model,' was running splendidly after 100. hours. Tho German had broken" down at the sixtieth hour."

So the man who dreams of winning awar against the Britials Empire would do well to ponder that wara cannot be made without oil or fought without of But they can be fillahed by oll