. Published Under Auipictj ? National War Work Council ^ T.M.C.A. of the United State* |p Vol. 1 I ^NEXTGENEfiATION I 1ST MM CHANGE 1 Laprade TeHs Soldiers Germany 1 "Mussed Up" World, Stopping Its Advance for Generation. "How Germany became what she is and what our attitude, toward her should be," was the 'subject of an Analytical address by Prof. W. T.-Laprade of Trinity college, Thursday night, before a largo audience of soldiers. To obtain an understanding of the 'German nation, he 83id, a study of the ipast Is necessary- He explained that ;dermany is governed by a ruling family, which ^boasts that each ruling member leaves at his death an empire (greater In territory, and that the basic fprlncinles of the German government !are tnat it is right to take any" territory thought essential to the aggrandizement of the realm, and that the "tfnd Justifies the means, or, in other ftMbrds, atrocities are right and proper when atrocJUes jvilt aid .in the aceomplteBhient of the purpose in view.' After Napoleon limited the size of the th-ussian army, said the speaker, the German pride was keenly wounded, and this resulted In. the Prussians jolnlhg the Briflsh at Waterloo in the successful effort to overthrow the Jft.4-- Then came the confederacy of Prus sia and Austria. Prussians came to j',. the realization that tl.elr strength lay in their army. The advent of BlsBfrW marge was followed by the taking of Schl&wig-Holstein. and later Austria i~ was forced from the federation, he ac said.1 Prussian desires Included the (El- rich territories of northern France. JTT and the war of 1870 resulted, which K brought under German rule Alsace and Eorraine. hCcontlnued. Then had jgr Prussia become the leading power of 8^1 continental Europe. m?v'. Professor Lapradc declared two facta, contributed to make Germany a EK". dominating power. The first he said. *" was her army, and the second was the W scheming of the ruling family. He I explained that the ruling family. 3 through Bismarck, accomplished the r.t cormnnv as a military W% power, and that the people "played ; only a small part" which resulted n (g -the ruling class becoming magnified in Bat the eyes of the people. . K> In Germany, said the speaker, the Individual Is sacrificed In the Interest |?<. of the state and the government Is orK; ganlzed to present this theory, with ^Kb^lt* propaganda of a multitude of . brS^ere are three attitudes which \/J we can take toward Germany." de& clared Profeftsor Laprade. * irst. that the strongest nation ought to doml nafe. therefore, the Germans being ?-' the strongest nation of continental Eufifc rope, ought to rule. "Of course, we wfi cannot accept this." he declared. |v- "Seconmy. we can make a cw W. mine. an< if Germany given up Bel; "glum, we can let thlngn go on an they I were before." he m "opTXtting off new Russia (now fRfjllKorganlzed but later U be re?rgan|&L -lxed) from England an 1 J^anCR? Bp ftrould be the result? The Russian iv: - Inevitably would be brought unde^5f r< J - ;dojninatlon of the central P?w?r??nsr? "a ,rs if :SfKre^se5etOCemori thaVYooTcOO.$f' 000 heople, it also means Germany {? '- -would have unlimited supplies of oil, food and other essentials. Ife^ 'Greater than this, though, con& tlnued the speaker, "it m,j?? K another war in a generation or less, U a war ten times fore terrible than with ten times as much prepara j&v. The third attitude we can assume 'SB toward Germany and her allies, he ^KffiraiSitriil out, "is to light it out now. 1 whatever the cost. Either the German n?ople must have a change of U' . wu or a club must disarm them and h*' feZta them disarmed, if the peace, S prosperity and safety of the world is ENCH* j.QZ Printed Weekly for the Y. S Xbt (Pjartflf Edition for CAMP GRI MAY 6 GIVING 'EM I (Drawn espcclully for Camp (1 BOSTON OPERA STAR ^ TO SING AT THIS CAMP \ Mrs. Margaret Chapman, Noted F< Singer, Has a Week's Engagej ment to Give Programs. I Mrs. Margaret Chapman, who for j a number of years was a leading,so! prano of the Boston Opera Company j and a singer of great charm, will sing to the Camp Greene soldiers during this week. This announcement comes Ct from the office of Mr. .1. T. Uangum, social secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Mrs. Chapman will give her grst ^ program in "Y" building 105 on Mon- . ' day evening. On Tuesday evening she will be at 102, on Wednesday at 103, on Thursday at the base hospital, . ' Friday night at 106, and on Saturday! n night she ^rill sing at 104. The fact that Mrs. Chapman is a . vouched for by the Y. M. C. A. offl- ca clals who have booked her for this I J" series of concerts, and the soldiers I of Camp Greene can count themsefves fortunate that they will have this opportunity to hear this talented artist. Mrs. Chapman is said to be not only Lc a talented singer but a woman of fine tr; character and attractive personality. Hi Her visit this week has been looked de forward to. and her presence among the soldiers will be appreciated. be It was stated in the last Issue of via Trench and Camp that Mrs. Chapman of would begin her concerts on Thursday night of the past week, \but on account of sickness the date had to I be moved forward to Monday night I v>/ | of this week. ??=? the future. Professor Laprade dej clared, "Germany has 'mussed up* m i things for the world In this genera- hi [tion. We cannot do the" things we T1 , had planned to do, but we must give ad the next generation a chance, and only -th the greatest sacrifices now will bring th about s world condition that will per- re Lmit tho. continued advance of the hu~ m ?W 1. C. A. by Courtesy of U ?bsertot JENE Charlotte, N. C. lOlfi , Il/IU A LIFT. reene Trench nnd Camp.) RIG GEN. M'RAE IS V NOW 78TH COMMANDEF armer Camp Greene Officer Haj Recently Been Given Command of Division at Came Dix. The following item taken from Tlx imp Dix Times will be of interes a number of readers of Trench ant imp: "Brig. Gen. James II. McRac hat rived at Camp- Dix and has taker large of the 78th Division, in traiiv g here. "General McRae came fiere from imp Greene, N. C., where he was command of the Ninth Infantrj rigade. "He is a veteran of 30 years' serce. He w..c In the Spanish-Amerin and Philippine wars. He was a ember of the Army General Stan rm 1905 until 1908, and graduated em the War College In 1911. ' "The first order of the new comai.der was to name First Lieutenant well M. Riley, of the Sixth Infan/, and First Lieutenant Carl S. elmes, Infantry, N. A., as his aides-camp. "P.-ic r.An .T. P. Dean., who has en acting as commander of the dision, will continue as commander the 156th Brigade. MVIP-HEADQUARTERS NOW At ALEXANDER HOUSE Headquarters or camp \ureene was oved the past week from the BerryU house to the Alexander house, le commanding general, the camp ljutant and a few other oycers ol is headquarters havel established emselves in the building, but the moval Is not yet corrt^lete. Several J FOR ARMY MEN AND - SSSTSSS THEIR HOME FOLKS E^j | No 31 jf/jj CAMP GREENE LIBRARY Iff ' I GIVES FINE SERVICE j||J f Soldiers Stationed at This Camp W.fflKM Read Books of Seri.aus Nature mwWB as Well as Fiction. uSinffl The camp library, which is easily I i Prom the standpoint of service, etfl hvTi I clency of administration, and equip- V/l mailt, the local library ranks with Jtff" 1 thebest in the country. In a recent III I H pamphlet Issued and widely <11st rib- flJj I H uted by the American Library Asso- VK\I 1IL^H , '."3B elation a picture of the Camp Oreeno lilKonl ' " building adorned the first page, which Ij/XVH may give some hint of the pride with Bfllilinl which the association regards the loA large use Is made of the library by the soldiers in camp. This is in- H>l I month of April. Luring this time ByJ| ! largest number fur any single day Mi Mi ill M I being 490. Mf JR | What sort <>f books do the men fliff flf. aft j read? It may surprise some Trench ijH ^jjTWLjB s | and Camp readers to learn that at * ? rmgt'ju "j present only about 50 per cent is fie JAJJb M ] tion. Books of a technical and s?-I numbers than one might suppose. RmT3[/ (The motor mechanics, who are sta- ' .' tioned near the library, want to read /'fi ' j books that have to do with gus en- WJjKX//'' ^ . gines, automobiles, construction of aM v . >< mnnts used in (lying. War books are -- ' \ j likewise popular. Text books for the ' iMrAjTl)' ! study of the French language hav? i been procured by the library, and w'f r. ji j there has been a good circulation ??f One feature of the library's work I j that has proved very effective is th AAb Greene. A branch library which is soon to - be opened at the Rase Hospital will be of fine service. A competent wo / man librarian will be in charge of this branch, and will see that the hospital patients and convalescents '! are provided with sufficient reading I material. The local library is in charge of n6*Wi AM Mr. F. L. 1). Goodrich, of Ann Atbor, Mich., fortrter librarian of tlx- |gTjr|Mlij University of Michigan. His staff is composed of Messrs. J ./R. Johnston jand R. Miller Karper. together with |j|i f||||| |||J 1 a detail of two soldiers*. Mr. i.oort uh 111 ' rich is a very efficient director, and H ||JI III works uptiringly to make the library 11 UN III t of the largest possible service to the U f| U III In addition to the books which art- H Ifl II i distributed through the library direct ' there are a large number which ar?- I ll H 1 gotten into the hands of the readers HI IK U i through the agency of the Y. M. C. A Uh H III I hnd K..of C. Each building has a 11- IMHVH. i "of its own, supplied by Mr. Py.T'1