AMERICA AND NEAR EAST.
THE-RISKS f OF ALOOFNESS.
INTEREST IN .OIL WELLS. ■■•■■•■ 'f /
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 12.30 a-m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. The State Department is considering the advisability of appointing a United States representative on.the Straits Commission, sitting at Constantinople, on account'of, urgent requests made by American business men in the Near East/ who feel that their interests will be injured through lack of such representation. It is understood that the American Embassies in Paris and London share this feeling. It is pointed out that the development of the Near Eastern oil fields should find the United. States fully, protected. An American Army 'engineer. ,who investu prated the hinterland of Batum, found it full of possibilities.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17594, 6 October 1920, Page 7
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