It was a master-stroke for British policy. Allied to this powerful trust, Great Britain now possesses an oil empire extending throughout the world:-- Europe Russia _Royal Dutch-Shell_ Rumania _Royal Dutch-Shell_ Hungary _Anglo-Persian_ Jugo-Slavia _Royal Dutch-Shell_ Albania _Anglo-Persian_ America Newfoundland _Anglo-Persian_ New Brunswick _Anglo-Persian_ California _Royal Dutch-Shell_ Oklahoma _Royal Dutch-Shell_ Texas, Louisiana _Royal Dutch-Shell_ Mexico _Royal Dutch-Shell_ (_Mexican Eagle_) Central America _British Controlled Oil-fields_ Trinidad _Royal Dutch-Shell_ Venezuela _Royal Dutch-Shell_ Guiana _British Controlled Oil-fields_ Brazil _British Controlled Oil-fields_ Colombia _British Controlled Oil-fields_ Ecuador _British Controlled Oil-fields_ Argentine _Anglo-Persian_ Asia Caucasus _Royal Dutch-Shell_ Persia _Anglo-Persian_ Mesopotamia _Turkish Petroleum_ India _Burmah Oil_ Dutch Indies _Royal Dutch-Shell_ Straits Settlements _Royal Dutch-Shell_ China _Royal Dutch-Shell_ Oceania Australia _Anglo-Persian_ New Zealand _Anglo-Persian_ Papua _Anglo-Persian_ Africa Egypt _Royal Dutch-Shell_ Madagascar _Royal Dutch-Shell_ South Africa _Royal Dutch-Shell_ Morocco _Anglo-Persian_ CHAPTER XIV HOW THE UNITED STATES LOST SUPREMACY OVER OIL