The first oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania in 1859.
are the beginnings of a thrilling story, to which the rise the conflicts of Standard Oil and Royal Dutch have given tional significance. We may enforce Mr. Withers' that Mr. Mohr tends to exaggerate the part played by Governments in the so-called " oil war.' If he knew land better he would know that our Foreign Office is far being the long-sighted and resolute Mephistopheles that Imagines. On the contrary. It has, in fact, displayed h hesitation in regard even to the Anglo-Persian Company, ough the late Lord Fisher and others pressed the import- of assuring a supply of fuel oil for the Navy. Moreover, seem to be on the eve of new developments which will ove all fear of an oil shortage. If the Bergius process for distillation of oil from coal fulfils the expectations of the .,irful syndicate which owns it, the " oil war will become 1( and we shall be able to produce our motor fuel at home. lohes book is well worth reading, but it should be read caution.
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