Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-19

conflict of ideas or principles 1t is a
battle between the democratic principle of
America and the autocratic principle of
Germany, These two nations stand for
the extreme in democracy and autocracy
today
The Germans would never have had
started the war, were it not for a wrong
psychology They have been misedu-
Gated for whole generation. In the name
of efficiency,-and efficiency today is
mainly matter of applied psychology
the German people were led to believe
that if they allowed their state supreme
control, Germany would abound in pros
perity.
tive German industriousness, that the
people were fully persuaded that the
prosperity (materiaD of their Fatherland
was due chiefly to kaiSerism.
The people of Germany ever since Bis
marck S day of power, have been taught
10 aesniSe democracy as most Inefficient
and Slip-shod
The ultra Kaiserites look upon America
with scorn and contempt, and they had no
hesitation in spreading their notions A
great body of Germans therefore think
we are very inferior people compared
with themselves, doubt whether the
world has ever before seen the equal of
the German national concet.
German Conceit Unequaled.
The German leaders laugh at our
crude ways; they scorn us as simply
money chasers," when, in reality, very
few people have chased the dollar more
than these very same Germans, whether
they are living in Berlin or New York
City. OF course the German nobility
the Junker class, disdain to work for a
any other nobility. They all have the
wrong idea that they are appointed of
GOD to make up the ruling class, or are
1t least, Of superior blood to the common
run of humanity In America we have
grown to be a people 100, 000 600 strong
all of whom, with very few exceptions.
believe in democracy.
Our thinking democratic ideas has
taken us along the very opposite path to
that travelled by the German nobility We
ard ard they, today are at opposite poles
dissemination of false ideas gained such
awful power, the world would have MOTH
ing to fear from the ideas possessed by
the German ruling classes.
But as it is, the very existence of de-
mocracy is threatened 1t is an unoues-
uohaDle TACT that we are now at a time
OF crisis in the worlds history. It is
eIther race progress or retrogressiOn;
progress, if American ideas of democracy
WIN, and retrogression, if the German
autocratic idea should win.
But conquer we must, when our cause
And this be our motto:
TN God is our trust!''
shall wave
Over the. land Of the free, and the home
The German people have been induced
to let the state do their thinking for them
through a material bride They were
led to think that their state will bring
grea. riches for every German lust as
soon as the German military party wins
page n the sun for Germany It is
one OF the temptations of Christ that
we today see enacted in a nations life
CT. Matt. 1873: 1.-THE devil taketh him
up INTO an exceeding high mountain, and
ShnWafh hn - a.
world, and the glory of them; and saith
unto him, all these things will I give thee.
II thou wilt fall down and worship me-
This is precisely the temptation to
which the Germans have Yielded. They
have refused to follow Jesus. who said.
GMatt- 4Iio): Get t thee hence. Satan: for
Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou
serve"
Kaiser Forgets Christ.
Inc one noticeable thing about the
Kaser's blasphemy in addressing God is
that he never mentions Jesus. The Ger
man autocracy opposes Jesus teaching
Of OF stopping i5e to conquer They ridicule
heaplng GOALS of fire" on your enemy s
head Get thy sword" is their cry, and
rule by might; although the true God told
was mot by might, nor by power, but by
my Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts. .
Czech. 4:6)
Even though the history of the world
proves that force never yet created any
thing permanent in the governments of
men, yet these deiuded Germans, obses-
sed with false ideas, dream that they can
get away with what the great Napoleon
or Caesar or Alexander failed in, and
what in every case must end in failure
Thus the German people were led into
the worst war the world has seen by
their wrongth thinking military and gov
eminent leaders They were led to be
leve that Germany's existence was at
stake, that unprepared England and i'm
developed Russia were about to deVour
Germany ard so every loyal German
must fight for his existence against the
great Slav peril
Wrong thinking led the Germans into
the terrible calamity that has already
cost them 100000 men, and brought
them to the verge of national bankruptcy
When will the great awakening occur i?
When will true ideas take the place Of
the false ideas by which they are still
held in captivity?
italian Drive a Trick
This present italian drive of the Ger
mans is only another trick to fool the
German people at home It is being
done for domestic political reasons. The
sweep into Italy, like the one into
Roumania, sounds well on paper. It hides
the pounding and the defeats the Germans
are getting on the West front The