BRITISH PETROLEUM SUPPLY.
TO BE INDEPENDENT OF AMERICA STANDARD OIL'S RUTHLESS POLICY (Elec. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.l (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received Mav 20, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, May 18. Tlie British Government intends to safeguard British interests arid the accessibility of petroleum supplies, and is taking steps to make the army and navy independent of the United States supplies in any future war. It regards President Wilson's report" as anti-British in tone and unnecessarily theatrical, and characterises the Standard Oil Company's complaint as not fair play, and peculiarly audacious from the viewpoint of the ruthless policy that company has pursued for 40 years. wmmammmmamammmmm . ■
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15221, 20 May 1920, Page 3
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106BRITISH PETROLEUM SUPPLY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15221, 20 May 1920, Page 3
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