Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-22

representatives on the petroleum
council They had played not.
ahlo part IN maintaining supplies
which as the wnr progressed be
came moro and more vital
when the inter .allied council
commenced in work. the petroleum
situation was critical but by laying
down II definite policy by rn'ionlns
each country. ana hy the malntrn-
snco ~ continuous touch through
tho program committee, the stocks
In all allied countries had reached u
point ~ absolute safety rt IN. sign
inE ~ the srmlr'icr pns,uon
which reflected the gtcatrst pos
slble credit upon all the momherr
~ the inter allied p-troluem conn-
| ell, ana which could not have been
accom- pushed without such an or
g1nization
II was not generally known how
] Tar reaching had been the opera.
tons of that inter.hlliod petroleum
council hut n should he realized
| that In every Corf,A ~ the world IN
which petroleum was used, the de-
| libcrations ~ that body had rcgu
| lated the supply and that IN spite ~
| the great difficulties of providing
| the huge quantities involved no set.
] lflM inconvenience fN0 NfFn FtIfI
fenced hy users ~ petroleum Tor cs-
sentlHl purposes
In concluding. his lordship said a
brief review of the history of pelro-
| leun during the war would he in
complete without n reference TO tho
great oil companies who had Hubor-
dinatcd their own interests to thu
| allied cause. Special thanks were
due 20 the standard on and other
great oil companies In thu United
States To the Royal Dutch Shell
combine. to the Anglo. PERSON on
company. and 10 the Anglo Next
can Petroleum company. The re-
suit had been one great triumph OF
the war. due 10 excellent otgn Mia
tion, patriotic spirit ana the good
! feeling which had existed among
the whole OF the allies
His lordship then paid n fittlnK
,rihute 20 Mr. Walter Long who's.
bu-inrs. capacity and faculty of
leading men had enabled him to
do ~ This country what probably no
other man could have accomplished
Then SIR John Cadman had rem
dcted an enormous service TO hts
country, he had been most unfairly
attacked ana fraducod. yet he had
never lost tho confidence of his
chief, hut had earned the gratitude
~ all with whom he had come into
contact To all he had mentioned,
and 10 many others, he could my,
we anoint them with th" OIL or
gladn-rA tApplnus"l
N nerenser. IN replying to the
toast IN French expressed his CRATE
fnl thanks FOR the honor which had
been done the allied delegates In not
only enjoying the hospitality ~ the
nrlnah government that evening
but In having had the opportunity
~ visiting Scotland. wltneming the
opcRlng ~ tho pipe line across the
| ccunrry ana visiting tho shal"
fields of Scotland WIN reference
TO oil. though II had rendered emil
nrnt service IN tho war. a sphere hs
equally important usefulness await
ed IL In the coming times of peace.
Ilr wnr proud that the allied cuuu.
tries had such an excellent utRtui-
ration ns tho inter allied petroleum
council |, had materially helped
them to win the war, indeed, II had
been responsible Tor winning the
war agslnst the Hun, for the Ger
man. hL' not been defeated by ren-
son ~ numbers on the field ~ battle.
hut by the excellent orranl,Hilpn
which the nllieH mad and tn" effect
lNe arrangements they had been ahi"
\ 10 make with regard 10 petroleum
products iut "a was siill necer
stry that the council should con
lunur iiA work even though We had
peace. for all the allies required
! more and NOR" gasoline. more ana
moro ubricating oils Tor their In
] dusirtaI pursuits and n ihey arrived
Ih' the peace conference without
carefully runEidcring tho question
of oil supplies. he feared thnt mat
1 tors would not bc adjusted hs ihey
ought 10 be
CnptaIn porgo Ginlyb In return
iur thanks ttid he never regretted
,n much as that evening that he
could not give rSproSso on 20 his sen
unon,s IN Eng ish speaking IN
Italian. hc said he desired tn eN.
prr.a HIS gratitude for the t"ccp-
B non which hsd been accorded M"
foreign delegates. In lihly when
,n,v had received good reception
NOV always said they had h"rn
,r,tiej IN the English way, b" 'oII
,rho that sentiment from the h"'-
t,rr ~ hla heart The delegates hti
- -. tt,.1 hustu.aa with ulshNuru for