The Archive · 1940

Britain Doubles Purchases

While Germany has fallen short in purchasing Rumanian oil, Britain has doubled her purchases of oil and wheat since the outbreak of war.

Italy has also entered the race as yet another competitor to the Reich, for she, too, needs oil, That the Reich will not give up in this life-and-death struggle is to be expected. That it will increase pressure on Rumania is also to be fore seen. The question, however, is: how will Rumania maintain her neutrality with Germany and Soviet Russia right on her borders and the Allies '1,200 miles away?—Havas,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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