The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-27
py HENRY wooDHoUsE.
I'M the Maahlngton Timer.

pY HENRY WOODhOUSE.
In the Washington Times.
,s,bsr Of The Struggle for the Worlds
al Resources" the textbook OF Military
,srorautlcs. tho textbook Of Naval Aero
|s,utlcs and other notable works.
perNntly federal government de-
|,artmeut i'm Washington was advised
|,bat Japan had contracted with the
|lnplo- Persian Oil company for Co.
|soG tons ~ crude oil. mainly for use
la the oil burning ships OF the Jap
|sneso navy.
Operations In Mexico.
Other reports stated that the An
|slo. Persian oil company, In coop
|sniior with Japanese oil Interests,
|bcudiug the Nippon and Holden
|and Toikokus oil companies were
|pndert king large oil operations In
|Nxicu This was the very opposite
Ii United states interests, who were
|eeasing operations In Mexico be
|nusc Of the high oil tax added on
|JuN ]. 1921. which figures out
vughly at 43 cents a barrel on light
|fude oil, therefore. higher than the
ACTUAL price OF the oil. which Is
|sbout 43 cents q barrel at the wells.
In fact. while American interests
we're lscontinuing operations, the
|japancse steamer Miyo Maru left
|Tampico. the central Mexican oil
port. with a load of $4,000 barrels
LII oil. which was unloaded at Yoko-
|hama. for Japanese use, and other
|,h!pmcnls have followed.
Would Aid Japan.
AT about that time ! was offered
/ block OF shares of the Anglo Per-
|san on company. and In connection
| with this offer, to convince me Of
|the high value OF the investment, |
|vas supplied with information prov
/ Ing that the stock control OF the An
|glo-Pcrsian OIL company is held by
| the British government, therefore
the agreement on the part OF the
|AnClO-Persian OIL company TO supply
80. 900 tons Of Oil to the japanese
navy, Is really an agreement on the
part Of the British government to
Keep the Japanese navy Supplied
4gith oil.
With this in mind | turned to my
map showing the oil properties on
the Pacific seaboard that have been
acquired by the British. | was
surteld TO find that Great Britain
row controls a chain OF oil fields
and Is operating n chain OF oil sta
tics covering the entire Pacific
eaboard like a ring. She is oper-
atng most strenuously the oil wells
which she controls in California,
Mexico, Colon and Ncnc2uCla
and other oil properties located near
the United states. instead Of operat-
ing more actively the nearest and
most convenient oil fields also con-
rolled by the British government.
Japan only started recently to
adopt extensively Oil driven machin-
| cry. It was not long before she
found herself face to face with the
| oil problem. She met the situation
| by contracting with British and
Mexican interests for large quanti-
ties Of oil and by establishing a ma
.lonal oil monopoly similar to the
British.
Japan's home oil production in
1916 was 25,55S,416 gallons, in
1911 it was ll9,576.223 gallons. in
1918 less than 100. 600, aao gallons.
most Of this oil coming from the oil
fields Of Echigo and Nairya and
kosenko, FOr:nosa. Reduced into
barrels Of AZ gallons each, this pro-
duotion is insignificant.
According to statements published
In the Japanese Gazette, the Nip
pom and Holden Oil companies sent
engineers to Mexico City in May ia
investigate actual conditions in re-
gard TO the proposed purchase of oil
.ileds there. The Teikoku Oil com
pany run by the Susuki Shoton,
Kobe, is about to increase it's capital
-
cooperate with the Anglo-Perslan
ViI company, which. as already
stated, is controlled by the British
goyernment.
Contract Closed.
A contract has been closed which
PoYdes for the import into Japan
II 10000 tons of crude oil for 1921
II rough the British company, and
Y 200 tons Is to be taken up by tho
japanese navy. For this purpose
Susuh Shoten has been building
lhFee S,O00-ton and two 4.000-tor
9l tankers; and tho 'Tachibanu
Aalr' S,OO0-tun tanker. is to leave
AGbe to load oil In Persia The Tel
AOAu OIL company Is establishing a
refinery in Tokuyama.
me Japanese government has de-
80 "f'h u pOllty NuItH plONlues
-, government control of oil. The
plhclpal Japanese oiT companies
re combining and. they will be op.
rated on the British plan, under
le supervision of the japanese
so1efnment, which Is expected tC
as'e a'e stock control of the private
ou companies. just as the British
! I."Netnmont holds stock control oi
~ AHSio-fersian Oil company and
k'her oil companies.
Serious Matter,
Chder such government monopoly
W Ie entry OF Japan as an operator oil
aaeAlcan oil fields, like the opera.
uois or British oil companies, con
1oled by the British government
,onsutuie a matter for serious con.
sIh TO the United States with l..
ap'diy diminishing supply-to last
SuY 10 years, according to govern.
hent report.
,.,m Goes not require undue pre-.
ehce to foresee' that the Pacific
Gestlned 70 become the central
Sa,ih q the world within 10 years