Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-05-26
Declares London S For
eign Policy Inspired by
Desire for Peace and to
Bring Order.
Points Out That u. S.
Capital Controls 81 Per
Cent of Oil Output Of
the World.

New York. May 25.-Denial
hat Great Britain was seeking tc
monopolize the worlds fuel oil
supply was made here Tuesday
night by Sir Auckland Geddes,
British ambassador, speaking at
the Pilgrims dinner. Statements
that Great Britain had such in
tentions, he added, were as COM
pletely without basis in fact az
charges that Great Britain to-
day was moved by militarist
impulses.
Il say without fear of criticism" Sir
Auckland declared, that British foreign
policy is directed against no man, but
is inspired by the desire to seek peace.
to bring order out of chaos, to extend
the boundaries of freedom, to improve
the lot of the oppressed and to increase
the material prosperity of the world.
That is or program, those are the print
cip4es by which |, as British representa-
tive in this land. am guided from day
to day.
The ambassador touched also on re-
poIlS tEdt NdS
trying TO pool the war debts of Europe
''and to drag You tthe United States)
into the pool"
No Basis for Statement.
"You may seek far and wide for
evidence on which that statement could
be Based he said You will not find
it. If you looked closely you will find
my government trying TO pour oil on the
ranhlai Of and r.-ilI
also find onlookers who seize the oil as
it is poured and throw il on the fires
of anti-British feeling here
Il realize that traditional hatreds and
ancient grudges die hard. ! think | can
make full allowances for these things.
but | do plead with each and all to
realize that If they have oil TO pour they
will better serve their day and gen
GRAFTON and the cause of all humanity
by selecting troubled waters to receive
their libation and avoiding smouldering
fires
In answering what he characterized aS
wild duck" publications as to British
purposes, the ambassador dealt first with
the British navy. saying that while more
than thousand ships, including four bat
tie cruisers. were under construction
when the armistice was signed, one eruiS-
err the Hood, too far advanced to permit
cahseilaLnN. WAS LUe Only MAYOR snip
completed.
Not Ship Building.
I'VE have not at present a single cap
tai ship building or completing and not
one ship large or small, has been laid
down since the armistice," he said
The British army and air force had
been even more drastically" dealt with,
Sir Auckland continued, and added:
1T is no business of mine to compare
these facts with the corresponding
lction of any other nations, but l ask
You who know yourselves to be non
nilitarist TO contrast them with you own
rational acts If you are tempted to think
England miltarist"
The ambassador, after referring to re-
,orts in some newspaper or magazine
hat Britain has acquired an oil mono
poly and proposes to hold the world to
said 20 per cent of the worlds
output was from American soil. and
I6 per cent from Mexica. American
,apital controlling three fourths of the
Mexican yield. In addition. he declared,
Americans were seeking oil in at least
en- other countries. but regardless of
hese operations, he concluded, you
lave 81 per cent of the present world |
rupply of oil under your contron."