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seven. The supply may become ex-
dentally, when you begin killing off
the sharks you increase the supply of
other edible fish. for the shark will eat
its weight in fish every twenty-four
hours.
There is no reason why it should
not be eaten, for the shark is clean
feeder. If this war goes another eigh-
teen months, and | am afraid it will,
folks will be mighty glad to get shark
meat to eat.
"Then there are the oil and the other
products. Chemists here in New York
say the oil from the sharks liver is
rich in glycerine. Their tests show
that it is as valuable as the best Nor
wegian oil for medicinal purposes. AS
material for leather it cannot be
beaten. The tanners here found that
out"
How did you come to be interested
in sharks-there's none so far inland
as Danville?" asked
GAS a fisherman" said DR.. Coles. to
give him his new title, II have always
been a great hand for rod and reel
fishing. | caught them with rod and
reel for twenty years. Some of my
catches were remarkable, and took
up research work, became an ichthyolo-
gist. Then I found that couldn't get
all the material | needed with a rod
and reel, and have since used every
known method of catching them. Per-
sonally prefer the harpoon-I sup
pose because it rouses the primal blood
lust that is in all of us--but to get
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resources, fell backward in her chair
and murmured:
Have pity on me-"
At that moment some one knocked on
the door. A soldier entered
"Monsieur Leblanc ?" he asked
Nj. Leblanc nodded. The soldier at
once showed signs of great embarrass-
ment, which increased when he cast
glance at Nine. Leblanc. whom his sud
den entry had aroused.
Monsieur" he stammered, 81 am
charged with painful mission
Mon Dieu! Is my son dead?" cried
Nine. Leblanc
Pardon me. madame" the soldier
said softly, for the suffering | cause
you. Yes. Your son has fallen as
brave man on the field of honor"
The poor woman gave piercing
shrek. NJ. Leblanc, very pale. grasped
the mantelpiece to keep from topping
over.
Then. without a pause, the soldier
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Presidents Aim to Democratize Ambient
Cockpit of Imperial Exploiters

antee of independence for Mecca and
security for pilgrims on the Red Sea
Is fair settlement Of that situation.
Persia should also be treated sep
arately. You have there a definite
nation, which might be supported
from within, as many native states
OF India are supported, by residents
and social workers. The boundaries
of the Middle Eastern Protectoratc
would be, therefore, Persia on the
east, the Arabian desert, the Medi-
terranean, the Egean, the Black Sea
and the Caucasus. The countries
included would be Mesopotamia, Pal
estine, Armenia and Asia Minor.
The main line Of communication
would be the Bagdad Railway, with a
branch through Palestine, and on to
Egypt. The crossing of the Suez
Canal by the Cairo Jerusalem rail-
road has already been effected.
The great advantage of dealing
with this business as whole is
that these territories would be i'm
mune on every side, save one, from
danger Of serious aggression.
That danger would be demo-
cratic and organized Russia's desire
to start again her push to the Per-
sian Gulf. This might be met by
giving Russia from the outset ample
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
THEIR BOY-BY A. de BREVILLE

We took some more German trenches
and the Italians have entered Gorilla"
After giving some of the details of
the bulletins he added:
There is one piece of bad news.
Nine. Beaumont has just learned that
her son was killed at Ypres. went at
once to offer her my condolences"
"Killed-Philippe Beaumont" cried
the wife, much affected at is hor-
rble for his poor mother. How dread
fully she must feel! From what
know of her it will almost crush her.
All! This abominable war;"
And thinking of her own son, she,
too, clasped her hands and murmured:
81 thank Thee, Lord thank
Thee for having spared me this!"
But he rushed up to her in wrath.
what sacrilege you are commit
ting!" he cried. mime. Beaumont
wept. That was natural. But be-
meath her tears, which were quickly
dried, saw only beautiful resigna-
ton. | perceived that even in her
grief she was proud. Yes, she was
proud because her son had died like
brave man. Before he expired his gen
eral, it seems, had time to pin on his
breast the military mccall ana 10 Say
to him with kiss: You have been
hero
when you pity Nine. Beaumont re-
member that there are parents-that
there is at least one parent-more un.
fortunate than she. That parent will
never lose a son in this war, because
his son is a coward. He is obliged to
hide his shame at being the father Of
such a child. He trembles continually,
lest the neighbors may some day learn
the truth"
Clenching his fists in anger. he
Kissed between his teeth:
"Certainly, l would rather see him
dead than a deserter."
Then it was the mothers turn to
utter cry of protest.,
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president of the company. OF the posi-
bility of sending it in here in carload
lots.
There are almost as many havors
to shark meat as there arc kinds of
shark. The man-eating shark tastes
Ike the finest white shad, and it hasn't
the shad's bones. Another kind tastes
like bluetish, another kind bike the best
salmon. Other kinds, very palatable,
taste like no other fish. The secret of
using them is in the preparation, and
we have worked out some splendid
recipes.
1.-The shark is not hard to catch and
there is an unlimited number to be
caught. Last Monday l caught eighty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

tbd the story of his comrades death.
For the last four months Henri and
|, thrown together at the front have
been the closest companions. Like
two brothers, we had no secrets from
each other. I learned from him all
about what he called his act of folly
AS soon as war was declared he tore
himself away from the woman who
had induced him to desert and offered
himself up as prisoner to the mill
tary authorities. His good faith, and
his desire to make PREPARATION softened
his judges. Two court martials &C
Quilted him. tftor some weeks spent
at the depot of his regiment he dis
played so much aptitude in mastering
the profession Of soldier that he was
sent at once to the front. Every now
and then. with tears in his eyes, he
spoke to me OF his parents.
what terrible grief have caused
my parents' he said TO me. They
would be happy now, if they knew that
[ was doing my duty. But no; when
one has committed crime it is not
enough merely to do his duty. I shall
see me only when | have earned the
military medal.
my poor boy" Nine. Leblanc
BICAheu. hileW Always tEdt he was
a brave fellow
NJ. Leblanc sobbed He was incapa-
bic of uttering word
The soldier continued
Zone day they called for q volun-
tecr to make reconnaissance. 1t was
necessary for some one 20 go out and
discover the position OF battery which
had done as much damage and then to
set off a rocket to give cur batteries
the range. The mission meant almost
certain death. Ten hands were raised.
But Henri's was the first | asked per-
mission to accompany him. 1t was re-
fused, because two men might be more
readily detected by the enemy than
one.
Henri craYled away We waited
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communications through Persia and
also down the Euphrates. The griev-
ance will not become a peril if it ia
never allowed to arise.
1 cannot see that there is anv
hardship in thus dealing with Che
turkish portions of Asia Minor.
Every one who has visited the East
knows that under the prevailing mis-
rule Moslems suffer scarcely less Sc
verely than Christians. Egypt and
the Sudan are still Mahometan and
yet are fairly contented under West.
ern rule.
What seems to be needed in Asia
MINOR is nominal Turkish Sultan.
holding a similar position to the
khedive or Sultan at Cairo. He
would reign constitutionally, accept
ing the advice of trained and honest
European or American officials, who
would collect the taxes, supervise
expenditure, develop communica-
tions, design irrigation and admin
icter law. Turkey would thus be one
province, with capital possibly at
koneah, the ancient Iconium, rather
than at Constantinople, which should
now become free port. Vast min
eral resources would undoubtedly de-
velop here as in the neighboring
province of Armenia. The granary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
The Problem as 1t
Concerns Britain

come, lastly, to the kind of au-
thorlty which must be set up over
the Middle Eastern Protectorate
10 not myself think that Britain can
undertake so serious an addition n
her burdens. She is faced by the
oliiicultles of domestic reconstruc
ton. Her finances are seriousIv
s 81, She wishes to help on the
liberal evolution of India An bor
TACT and wisdom will be needed If
Sne Is 10 be true friend and COM
rsde to Canada, Australia and Nov
Z. And she must spare more
enan thought for Ireland. An exten
SION OF her sovereignty over lands 50
coveted as those under discussion
would arouse, moreover. fierce ;a,I
ousy' and even recrimination. IF tho
british mind were at ease unoccu
pied by innumerable distractions
and prepared for new endeavor
aare say that we should do this
latest job as well as most other neo-
pie would do it. AS matters stand
am not quite certain that we can
fairly be called upon for such a sac-
rlflce of energy.
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For, after all, Judaism is already
a spiritual rather than an intellec-
tual kingdom. Zionists are consid-
cring whether they might, perhaps,
rebuild temple of the mind, in the
form Of a university, where life and
history and ethics and science should
be studied, with Hebraic revelation
as sublime background. AS Jews
and proselytes visited Jerusalem for
the Passover and other feasts, bring
ing with them their gifts Of mate
rial wealth and moral experience, so
will students to-day pay tribute and
win rewards by spending time on the
slopes Of Mount Moriah, where the
language of Moses, with modern ad-
ditions, will again be heard. With
vast financial, political and intellec-
tual reserves at their disposal, there
is no reason why the Jews should
not achieve this noble conception of
their inevitable heritage.
The immediate difficulty lies with
the Turks themselves. Their power
is weakened, but it has still to be
broken. Judged by what will make
for contentment, the individual Turk
and his family have everything to
gain from acceptance of this inter-
national guardianship. Germany
will resist it, Of course, but am as
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Hun Supported Turkish Rule Must Be
Lifted From Armenia and the Holy Land

Certain areas should be set apart for
the continuance of agriculture on
immemorial Asiatic lines-a kind Of
Yellowstone Park-maintained, as it
would easily be, by the contributions
Of the despised but, as I think, the
wrongly despised tourist. Genera
tons to come would watch the shep-
herd leading his flock and calling
his sheep by name-the sower scat
tcring his seed-the oxen under the
yoke-the fisherman throwing his
net-and the ne-dresser treading
out the grape
Reverence must be imposed upon
the contentious sectaries who gather
at the Church of the Nativity at
Bethlehem, and Of the Sepulchre, at
Jerusalem. Roman and Greek
Christians must drop their fanatical
feuds. Also, something will have to
be done to meet the Jewish claim to
Il share in the Temple area, on
Mount Moriah and in Hebron, where
Abraham and other patriarchs lie
buried in the cave of Machpelah, so
accurately described in Genesis. In
view of the susceptibilities of Islam,
where it is not remembered that
jacob was Jew before he was hon
ored by Mahomet, we must proceed
here with the utmost caution.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
People Like Flesh
And Ask for More

line outfit this year is the largest
i have ever used. On the scow we
nave rugged up smoke house, trying
kettles, skinning and cutting tables
and we are using larger nets and more
OF them Shark smoked on that scow
over hickory wood is about as good
eating as any one could ask.
over in Newark one concern is
now handling large quantities Of the
SKINS. Others arc preparing to do the
same. Within a few months there
VIII be stations along the coast with
big reduction plant to care for the
catch III big commercial way. I
am not interested in that side and T
am going back to my tobacco business
Inc proving what ! set out to prove
and IN showing where this supply of
TODD and wealth is TO be had for the
taking, | have got all want out of
it, that and the satisfaction of having
zone little something in these DAYS
of war" 0"9 D
"Do you think people will like shark
meat" ''"i |"
Like it? Well. they come hack for
more. If you don't believe thai ast
them up at the food show in the Grand
Central Palace -
Up at the food show the voune
woman in charge of the exhibit aired
with DR.. Coles =
W course our supply here has been
limited she said, "but every one who
tries shark meat expresses surprise
that 1t Is go good and asks where II
can be had in the market. Anvwa,,
they are Interested" " -
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Stop! Whatever fault our poor boy
may have committed, you have no right
to wish him dead. Take care that God
doesn't punish you!"
No longer able to contain her emo
ton, she added between her sobs:
Poor Henri, 1t was that atrocious
creature who bewitched him. For he
WAS never bad"
81 admit no excuse for his act" re-
piled the husband.
"He wasn't bad" the wife repeated,
plaintively.
But, without pity, he continued:
"None the less, you are wrong in
wishing to console yourself by thinking
that he has at least saved his life. Sup
pose the gendarmes put their hands on
his shoulder; suppose that he is con-
demned to death by court martial and
shot! Would you prefer that death to
the death of Nine. Beaumont's son? ?"
The poor woman, at the end of her
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Despised Man Eater
Shown To Be Tooth
some and Savory Adj
junct to the War
Menu
By John ]. Leary, Jr.

~ HARK meat coming into Fulton
~ Market in carload lots, shark
leather furnishing the uppers and
soles of fine shoes and army boots,
shark livers producing in commercial
quantities as valuable medicinal oil
as the Norwegian cod and contributing
to the store of glycerine so much need
ed by munitions makers-that is the
promise Russell J. Coles, Danville
(Va.) tobacco planter and hunting COM
panion of Colonel Roosevelt, makes to
world that needs more food, more
leather, more oil and more glycerine.
Coles has been working on sharks as
a scientific study for more than TWEEN
ty years, and one year ago, as q war
measure, set out to demonstrate their
commercial possibilities. Last week
Trinity College, in recognition Of his
work, conferred on him the coveted
degree of Doctor of Science. honoris
causa. TO receive the degree he quit
his floating laboratory off the North
Carolina coast for few days, and was
packing to 60 back when I saw him at
the Hotel Imperial.
Despised Shark
Useful AS Cow
Glow are you making out with the
sharks 2" l asked him.
making out" he replied. "Well,
am almost through. 1t has taken me
twenty years to demonstrate that the
shark is an unlimited source of splen-
did food. that it will supply more
leather than the COW. oil that is rich
in glycerine and as valuable medici-
nally as the best Norwegian cod liver
oil. and valuable by-products as we'll.
Now that l have done that-and the
thing has passed the scientific stage
I am leaving the development of the
fishery to commercial interests and
am going back to my tobacco.
"You know, am not a wealthy man,
and 1 have got to go back to business.
81 have-and 1 say this in all modes
tv- proved that the hated and de-
spised shark is really good thing. 1t
is my contribution to science and to
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winning the war. Commercial interests
are now beginning to take up the work,
and within the year you will see fish
ing stations along the coast turning
out food for the multitude. skins for
the tanners, oil for medicine and max
ers of explosives, and piecing out the
short stock of fertilizer.
"The big thing has been to estab
fish that the shark is not only eatable
but good eating. That We have done
and it is being eaten now in some of
the best clubs and restaurants in this
and other cities. Blackford's, your
biggest fish house, has BEEN interested
in trying the stuff out, and only last
week l was talking to Mr.. Frazier, the
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~ lIIlNN Dy 0He WiHOo", e"c H'A-'
mournfully, thinking of her son.
~ 1t was. not because she knew that
his life was in danger, for he was not
fighting in the trenches with his COM
radcs. Some months before the war
he had evaded the call for his class.
Tempted by woman, he had fled with
her into Switzerland.
A half dozen lines, hastily scrubbed,
had told the poor mother that she need
not worry about him. After that
nothing.
Presently war was declared. Each
day, when the postman passed, her
heart beat violently. For she still
hoped that letter would come from
him, saying that he had reentered
France and was going to do his duty.
But the postman never brought let
ter. The simple evader of service had
become deserter and a coward
And now, if she didn't pardon his
crime, out Of her mothers heart she
still loved the big, handsome boy, who,
up to the moment of his flight with
that accursed temptress, had been so
good son. So, when she found her
self alone, she improved the opportu-
nifty to have her little cry. There was
another in the household who had for
hidden her to speak of the absentee, or
even to think of him. 1t was his
father. Their boy had dishonored
them. For them he no longer existed.
This evening, as usual, her husband
had gone to get the wa- news AS she
the front door she hurriedly dried ner
tears. :,
"The communicates were excellent.
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OF the whole protectorate would be
the Euphrates Valley.
The most fascinating of the sug-
gested provincial areas would be
Palestine. Industrially, this strip of
historic land-half rock, half vale
has been highway, never support
ing more than two or three millions
Of people. 1t was the carrying trade
that enriched Tyre and Sidon, Caper-
naum and Jerusalem. This carrying
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
Would Furnish Armv
S h oe Leather in
Great Abundance
Besides Oils for Mu-
milton Makers

recipes for the preparation of it.
The tons of skins have been sent
to tanners, who have had splendid re-
suits. All Of this has been supplied
without cost. though now the demand
Tor the skins is meeting d small part
or the cost Of getting and preparing
them. Every test of the tanners has
proved the claims previously made.
Some OF the leather is as soft
as any kid, and as beautiful. This
Piece Of betting is shark leather. This
DIT. not so heavy, is shark. 1t will take
almost any KIND of finish and it's not
expensive to handle
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Translated by William L. Mcpherson
Copyright, 1918, by The Tribune Association


This the struggle 6ceen parental grief and the SELF
appeal;
deals thousands
through Their 1yod be hopeless relieved
pride and resignation h spring
noble ideal of patriotic duty.
"t the mother the French must be poud
h the and the corporations such experience
be taken to heart by and
Ices all its M th it, The dead do not die whn
for and all that has meant IN the past and c the
The A. de Br6uile lie
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trade has now limitless potentiali-
ties. l may express the hope that,
here and now, statesmen will call in
scholars and other experts, who will
set about an immediate preservation
Of ancient places and landmarks.
Quarrying Of these immortal hills
should be carefully controlled. The
utmost attention should be devoted
to guiding trains and trans and
highroads so as to avoid vandalism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07

sumlng that, under any conceivable
treaty OF peace, Germany will relax
her IRON hold on the populations
winch she has duped. That relaxa-
tion Will be forced on the Western
front, where grip on the tyrant's
ehroat' despite all anxieties, grows
Ngnter every day. So far as Ger
many is concerned, therefore, can
only say that unless her political
domination of Constantinople and
the Porte comes to an end, this whole
scheme, or most of it, falls to the
ground.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-07
The Need for Unified
Administration

Without the United States. inter
national guardianship might be i'm
possible. But if Americans throw
themselves into it. they can make it
success. The requirements are
after all, simple. There must ba
equal trading rights, uniform taxa
ton, one system of authoritative
justice and police, and one executive
In Europe, at this moment. such uni
fed administration is rapidly ex-
tending from armies and nayies to
finance, commerce and food. Even
III Egypt, under the old conditions
Lord Cromer managed to work such
a system. Yet the powers were then.
automatically, at daggers drawn
The present proposal is based on the
assumption that league of powers
Will exclude all malicious elements.
| he East Is Now
Reconquering Herself
The populations affected are near
ly '20,O00,000, and would soon far
exceed that figure. For myself.
should like to see Georgian Armenia.
across the Caucasus, united with
turkish Armenia, to which, in faith
and civilization, it belongs, and with
Russia in chaos. that adjustment
should not be difficult. But warm
hearted Americans will fully under
stand that, while these farrcaching
policies are agitating statesmen. the
rest of US must do what can be done
to feed the hungry, heal the sick and
rescue the oppressed. Soldiers are full
illllng their part - Indian soldiers
among them. The East is in one sense
accompanying herself. The United
States has an opportunity of show
ing now a great piece Of Oriental re-
construction can be undertaken in
the right spirit, by peoples acting to-
gether for the common good, under
the guidance of courageous demo-
cratic nation.
Aim Is Happiness,
Not Exploitation
1t cannot be too often insisted that
our aim, whether in war or peace.
should be the happiness Of others,
in ministering to which alone do we
find real happiness for ourselves. In
this sense Americans will assuredly
expect a return from the gifts which
they are making in the Near East.
The children you are rearing in
Your orphanages Will be your own
in years 10 come. You cannot
see them again trampled in
the dust The only fear is that
under the guise of humanity
powerful financial interests which
will always flourish in every country
may seek opportunities for unfair
exploitation of the immense natural
resources known 10 exist in these
undeveloped countries. This has not
happened in India and Egypt, nor, I
take it, in the Philippines. One as
sumes that there will be reasonable
vigilance on the part of mission
aries in the areas affected who will
communicate with public opinion at
home. This will be a sufficient safe
guard against those abuses to which
all government, wherever carried on,
is liable. We are entitled to assume
that Americans will continue to dis
play their present unselfsh attitude.
and will insist on others conforming
to the same standards of conduct.
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treating the Problem

. agree with those who hold that
@a entire region ought to be re-
sa.ded as one entity. 1t need not
''clude Arabia. The British guar