The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-12-03
Mark Sullivan Says !. S.
Is in Big. Fight to Protect
Its F reign Trade Future
Refusal of President to Permit New Western Union Gable
to Land on American Coast and Colby's Oil Note
Two Moves in This Battle.
National Ambition Britain Dominance in Shipping
Brings About One of the Most Important International
Conditions in Contemporary History.

States and IN our new ambition 10 u"
Il larger fuCt"T IN world Sh .pp!ngs ana
world tr:Id" America = diseased 10 re-
gard Great I;riiain'S possession o. con-
wi ut So much If tn" wnriFH "ahl" IA
r:llll"S I$ u handicap against uS which
"" cannot afford /" let r"ntimm".
The True Bearing Of Colby OH Mote.
The NEXT Incident. SUI officially. has
no connection with tn" cable Incident.
hut seen in It's true bearings. * part
Of the same situation. | refer !" SEQ
Rotary tOlhyS nui" prutrSi.N" h't!nS;
Grr4; l::'ijain'S apparent di'l.uS:i''a I"
ASSUME" nm rACluS:N" uti!ruI" "a rs re
lIii"n To thr oil resources TT 1l"s"H"'
iami,.
Tho British Empire. on IT'S o'nn"ini"
side rests upon commercial ShiHpiN%.
Tn~ british islands h;,v" n" great L.
sources such as We haVc-ftruYahly lp-
Gated iron ore. coal and other raw ma
lrrnlS; no fruitful wheat and corn
laEds( AMI N" IKE. Her "mpIr' r">'S
on he dominance in shipping For gen
crati"nS Il has been her ownership ar
control ct Il Very large rrop"riloE OF
ihr wurldS suipp.nE that has been IN
,"onurnir basis NJ the empires CHS
t"nv'.
,-rac Britain has held Ih;s shipping
Grm!ui.nCr 10y reason of several FAC
tors. irC.ud!nG greater experience" ana
greater skill in the business Labor
Suuply that has been trained for Etn-
""a,i:"Hs ia this trad. and OTTER al:
Vantag"S such IS ilr "wn"rShir "r
coal hunkr-S All over thu world. hank-
.Ig and cable connect ions al over I'M
world. and the control OF u iitrg" SnIT"
e thc worlds r:ar'nr inSu"an"" ana
utilrr r"mn"lr!,t, aspects of IN" snip
ping business.
The United : ties up :" me I'm"
of the recent WLp. never seriously con-
tested. rur th"u"nl Of cpnlrStlnE hr'hI
l}ritlin'S dominance - shipping: hui
since. ms AN !nrid-ui - IN" Wa. W.
installed i huge Sh!phUlidinG plant ana
became the owner of what was for uN
an unprecedented quantity Of tnnnat".
we have com" 10 h" ambitious IN ih'.i
field, And ii the agar, -" :ntId o! our
business world We're distilled. y would
probably he found that. C"nSr;"u~lN or
unconSCiOuSly. We now have 4 MAJ i'nh'
ambition TO contest Great Rrith!nS G"-
minanCe in shipping
At this point comes III" signiiic:tn''
OF tn" Mesupntamian incident. t"al -
. "A fuel for ships is passing ana petrol
cum because Of it's HaStl! greater ci"il-
cmv In labor and otherwise. APPEARS drS-
tined To take it's place. knowl,d Se OF
this fact will enable any one to SEE thr
very great necessity lying upon Great
britain to own or control OIL supplies
;,deuuat" to her dominance in shipping.
~ long as coal was III" fuel. Sh"
owned abundant supplies on her HON"
island: hut if oil is to he the fuel, Sh"
must have her supplies wherever Sh"
can acuuirr them. This. It may hc taken
for granted, explains her concern about
tho McSopotamian fields. and. I" de-
gree our new ambition IL compete with
her in shipping explains our concern
That tn" Misrepresentation oil shall be- open
10 all corners equally.
The third incident bearing on tho
same general situation is the emergcncc