America Accused of Lack of Good-will The Hague, Feb. 8.
The First Chamber of the States General today adopted a Bill authcrizing the Government to conclude contracts with the Nether-
Inds Colonial Petroleum Ca., for prospecting and exploiting petrol eum in Palembang,—Rembang, Semarang and Madoera in Dutch East Indies, Replying to a question as to whether or not the United States wwernment had appointed a com: mittee to examine how purchases of American oil by foreign capital might be prevented, the Minister for the Colonies said that the tack of good-will of the United States Covernment had attracted his tention but that, since the course of negotiations regarding the ad-fon of American capital for the exploitation of oil in the Dutch East Indies. the United States and the Netherlands Governments had agreed on ciple of reciprocity. He was waiting for the United States to carry out that policy. Reuter.
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