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Standard's great rival in the international oil markets is the Royal Dutch-Shell group, which Sir Henri Wilhelm August Deterding heads...
...Meyer went to Manhattan to be a member of Standard Oil's foreign trade committee in 1907, to be vice president and director in 1920. But already, at the beginning of this century, Sir Henri had moved to his Royal Dutch headquarters in The Hague, and from there he directed the fight for customers...
...India Sir Henri has used gang tactics for abusing Standard Oil. His English Shell Transport relations have brought him British government aid. Indian duties against Standard oil are higher than against Royal Dutch-Shell...
Both to harry Standard Oil on the flank and to boom up Royal Dutch-Shell goodwill throughout the British and Dutch possessions, Sir Henri has been shouting harsh things about Russian petroleum. That oil comes from wells once owned in part by British investors but now confiscated by the Soviet. Standard Oil has been buying it to sell in the East, where it has few wells, but where Royal Dutch-Shell has many. It is more profitable to Standard Oil to ship petroleum from Russia to India than from California to India. Sir Henri, therefore, has been crying loudly that...
...more effective than growls is the tangible armament under Sir Henri Wilhelm August Deterding's command...