The Soldier's Reward

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 September 1915, Page 4

The Soldier's Reward

9 A UJUtIYtAN VIEW'. iho "AUinchenor iSeueste -Nacnricu ton'' discusses tlio interesting tpiest--1011 oi what can bo done alter the war to row aid. the German soldier for the great sacrifices which ho lias made, lie must not return Home to und that the I'eii.t ol iiis home lias riseai in Jiis absence, and that id its inure diflicult to obtain a livelUiood; "We must not only conquer the enemy abroad." this journal says, "buit oird mauve scllishiicas at ham.-, ior without this victory all our glorious ductliS oi arins and success abroad will be of 110 avail. Only a sound nauon has a future, and only that nation .e----maiiis sound that is in close touch with the soil oi its homeland, ftliall We listen to the voice ol Hod in llie i;;ieiill hour of our nationr' Are we ready to undertake the necessary work or will the call tall on deal ears? Let us consider that if wo fail, our children ami our children's children n.ll curse us because ill the Hour of crisis we proved weak ana indifferent Ilioreloro is if the duty ol every scrio.' ju.gg that original haJar'flgUt of every man shall again be established in our i'atlierfand, and that is that tin; earth it the Lord's and belongs to the people, and not to individuals. It is therefore our duty first ol all to establish this right in tho case of our brothers without whose strength nd protection we (should have no more home or Fatherland to-day. Let us therefore declare the oi the soldier to a plot oi ground tor his home. The law should take tho following shape according to the opinion of lar-seeing patrrots: 1. The right of every soldier to a plot of ground at a eneap price, which shall be lixed, not according to the market price, but solely in relation to the assured position ol : tiie homestead must be established. 2. The taking over ol the strip ol land shall bo accomplished without any cash payment in exchange ior a moderate irredeemable rent, which shall not be raised to long as the soldier lives there or does not divest himself of the homestead. 3.Tho provision of a loan for building purposes with a moderate rato of interest and sinking fund, the necessary buildings and working capital to be provided only in the case of ga rde'.is and small holdings. The loan must cover the eutire cost ol building so that the erection of a homo for the man himself' may bo possible.