The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-03

the keystone of our cause, is far be.
! hind. One year after our entrance
into the war America has not accom-.
plished what our allies hoped from us
nor what the great resources of this
country made possible.
No clatter of ostrich optimism and
blind partisanism can drown the guns
iii France.
At Washington the criticism which
the administration and its thick and
thin supporters would have silenced
months ago has been steadily enforced
by events It has forced action, action
by the complaiscent Mr. Baker, action
even by tthe president. The demand
for reOrgan iEation and coordination
is being answered. But the lesson of
the German victory is the message of
our allies for months past-"Hurry,
hurry, hurry!" The armies of triunl.
plant Germany will not wait while the
American president overcomes his
personal predictions and proceeds
by reluctant concessions and grudg-
ing compromises to put the machinery
of American power in working order.
The president has appealed to Ger
many and to Austria, and to Russia
and the world. The German guns have
answered him. 1t is. time for him to
turn to America and to our own good
strength.
1t Is time for the president to turn
for a moment at least from his great
strength to face his own weakness and
the weakness Of his government. 1t
is time FOR him to look beyond the lit
tie coterie OF his intimates and ac'
cept the aid of the strong men who
stand ready to serve their country and
are able to serve it in the crganiza-
ton OF its powers. 1t is time for the
president to rid himself of the per.
sonalism which has marked his ad'
policy and to realize that
the defender Of representative democr3
racy can not adopt the method OF the
autOcrat. 1t is time for the president
to be rid of the proved weaklings Of
his appointment and to cease evasion
and obstruction of measures to con
centrate and order the enormous fore,
es which congress and the nation have
SO freely placed in his hands
go Tribune. ~: y
The soldiers and sailors civil re-
lief act, recently PASSED by congress,
aims to protect soldiers and sailors.
from undue hardship. due to their in
ability to bring or defend lawsuits and
to attend to their business obligations
or property rights. during their alb
sence in military service. :
A soldier or sailor may owe money
on a note Or he may have bought
or leased land or tools or furniture on
which an installment is yet due. Or
he may have mortgaged his home, and
be liable to foreclosure for nonpay-
lnent. Or he may have started
homestead or mining claim and be un.
able to continue the necessary occupa-
lion in the required period of time. Or
he may have carried life insurance for
several years and now be unable to
keep up the premium payments. Or
he may have money claim against
some one and during his absence the
lapse OF time may raise legal bar
against suing for it when he returns.
Or he may be sued on some claim IN
his absence and may be unable to de-
fend the suite effectively while absent
In these and other ways he may suf-
fer undue hardship. The object OF this
act is to give relief from such hard
ship. 80
The provisions OF the act are too
numerous to set forth accurately hero.
to point out that its main prin'
ciple is as follows: ..
1) Let some one. on behalf OF the
soldier or sailor, notify the court that
the party concerned is soldier or
sailor. Then the court will make
prompt inquiries into the merits of the
case: If the case merits it, the court
has power to stay the other party from
further proceedings, or to give other
that may be appropriate. The
court may also appoint an attorney
to represent the soldier or sailor in the
lawsuit i .a .s,.,., -.-.. -.
(2) II lawsuit has been begun al
ready in some court against the sol
der or sailor, go to that same court
and give the notice above mentioned.
Ir no lawsuit has yet been begun, but
some landlord or other person is pre-
pairing to sell out or to take possession
Of property in which the soldier or
sailor is interested, 60 TO the court in
whose jurisdiction the property is,
notify the court as above, and ask the
court to summon the other party. All
such persons are forbidden by law to|
take property in that way without first
applying to court for an order; but
some persons may attempt to take
possession without doing so, in ignor'
ance of the new law. s..t.
81 If the soldier or sailor had an
IN insurance policy or fraternal benefit
N membership, before Sept. !. 1917. and
Iears that he may not be able to keep
Up his payments. he should write to
lo War Risk: Insurance Bureau at
Washington, and ask them for a form
If application Tor. ask, his post adju-
ant at the camD). The government,
IN certain conditions, will guarantee
he. payment of the premiums. so that
he policy or membership will not be
orreited during the soldiers or sail.
,r's absence: he will then have year
lfter his return i'll which to pay up
ind save his policy OF membership.
This relief does not apply to all poll