The whole thing could have Beet settled in ten days if it hadn't been for the oil companies blocking it-said one authoritative official here:
By their rigid stand in insisting upon the return of their properties they have delayed plans for continental defence. obstructed economic cooperation between the two governneni and interfered with the resumption of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Great Britain.
That the British Mexican Eagle Company, an affiliate of the Royal Dutch Shell, has been the chief offender in this obstruction is the contention of a high official of e Mexican Government. The Shell interests, he asserted, in doing so were not operating for the advantage of their own stock holders. who would profit by a settlement of their claims.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.