South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-19
BRITISH GRAB OIL
FIELDS OF FRANCE
v ritter Describes How San
Reno Pact Will Tax Amer
lea Many Billions.

actual and potential oil fields is told
ny Monsieur Francis Delaisi IN his
.00k entitled "Oil-Its influence on
Politics"
". Delalsi described how, under
the treaty OF Versailles all the
booty Immediately realizable went
90 Britain while France received
advantages reallzable in "a more or
less distant future. The United
states stood outside The negotiations
and thus left The field free for Brit
ain
At ,he time or the treaty o. san
Reno he rec0unts. French prestige
Has az Tow eob in the Near East
because the Emir Felsa was push
Iug the Seuegalesc battaIons Of
Gen. Fouraud towards the Syrian
coast The moment was dangerous
for France And the straugest part
of Sc all was-and everybody knew
it-that the power Of Emir Feisal
depended upon The arms. the money
and tho -upp0rt Of the British
Sign and You Shall Have Syria
Then Lord Curzou said. Sign
The agreement with the Royal
Dutch and YOU shall have Syria VI
Niueranf accepted Immediately
Feisal was left 90 himself Thus
the trlumphsl entry Of Gen. Gour-
aud into Damascus was paid for by
the abandonment Of all our Oh re-
sources"
The Sen Reno agreement relates
to Bumauia. Asia Minor. the terri
tories OF the old Russian empire
French colonies and British crown
colonies and 10 may be extended 20
other countries by mutual consent
It is therefore not only the oil
fields Of "a Nesopa says VI
Deiaisi which are abandoned 10
the British trust but ln fact the
whole Of our oil Interests. present
and future. whether I'm the colonies
or abroad
Furthermore" ne points out. cas-
the British trust thanks TO its per
sonnet and 90 it's special equipment.
is alone in position 90 begin ex-
ploitatiou, the part Of our business
men viii bc limited. as usual 20
+. finding capital *sf The Americans
are thus rigidIy excluded from that
part Of the Rumauiau OH fields
which may fan 90 the share of
France"
The San Reno agreement also
laws down thar the ou is IN no e,-
plotted hv a Driva+s companv which
shall be under neroanent British
contror (and FIN which. c8nscquent-
iy America can have mo- part)
.,To put If ia other words b. saws NJ
Delaisi. eve are treating the Anglo
Persian oil CO. as a privileged
French concern. while at the same
time undertaking the responsibility
of guaranteeing free of charge the
security OF its enterprises I'm AM our
zone of influence"
San Reno went even further than
this 70 agreed that I'm the French
colonies protector7fes ana snberes
of influence including Algeria
Turis and Morocco the French gov
errre-t win Facilitate Tho sco,tss-
ton ~ concessions TO every Franco
british ar.uu .of eoo5 ets,di,e-,,
ana -furnfsbi7r I'M. necessary, e,,,ar-
antecs" No IoophoIe of any de-
s s,rirtfor, ,y,s loft for Av,e,f,.s,, nor
ticipatiou.
France T. Tied To British Trust"
"Henceforward. says H. Delasi.
py 'nlS lnIeiHal pact On every part
OF me globe, abroad or al home. in
me present and the future France
is lled 20 the brltisa trust. II 10y
chance one OF our countrymen
tnousht or WORKING alone or with
an American group our government
would be compelled 90 refuse him
support. t mot actually % diScour-
age him..