Chapter 58 Aftermath of "Human Rights"

At the end of November 1930, Hu Shi took his wife and cubs, left Shanghai and went north, and lived in the newly rented apartment No.I thought to myself, leave the right and wrong place that caused troubles because of talking about human rights, but the troubles have not been completely resolved. Before Hu Shi left Shanghai, there was another upsurge in Chinese public schools.Hu was originally approved to resign in May, but his recommended successor, Mr. Ma Junwu, adopted the policy of Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, and did not change the school affairs, so he was still dissatisfied by the authorities.Relevant parties suggested that Mr. Yu Youren, a member of the movement party, was the father-in-law, which immediately caused a stir.For this reason, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee published a manifesto in the newspaper, attacking Hu Shi vigorously, and clearing up the old accounts of human rights. It said:

Since Hu Shi fell into poverty and took charge of the school, he became the editor-in-chief of the "New Moon" magazine because of his unfulfilled ambitions. Do everything you can. ① They cursed Hu Shi as a "reactionary evil", saying that he was "still rampant" in the middle-class trend, and they came forward to mediate. Thanks to the world."Hu Shi is well-educated and not afraid of scolding, but after reading the newspaper, although he is not worried, he is not at peace after all. Then, on November 22, Shanghai's "Republic of China Daily" published a speech by President of the Legislative Yuan Hu Hanmin at the Legislative Yuan Memorial Week, entitled "On the So-called Freedom of Speech", which was again aimed at Hu Shi.which says:

Recently, I saw a so-called doctor of philosophy in China who was eager for freedom published a long paper in the "London Times", arguing that the abolition of unequal treaties is not China's urgent request. …Whether he personally wants to use this to obtain the patronage and honor of the imperialists, or to use his freedom to "meet Puyi and call him the emperor", but what is the impact? This is because of his sinister intentions and his actions. Despicable, you can really "not share with China". ② The "so-called Doctor of Philosophy" here is clearly alluding to Hu Shi; the words are so angry, it is obvious that the lingering hatred for "New Moon" talking about human rights and fighting for freedom of speech has not disappeared.Although they also contributed the wonderful theory of "five ghosts messing with China" and included the Communist Party in the "five ghosts"; but it seems that it is not enough to make the crime, so Hu Hanmin wants to reprimand Dr. Hu. Dayton, to warn those who talk about the so-called freedom of speech.

Hu Hanmin was born in Japan and joined the League in his early years.When Sun Yat-sen was running the "Construction" magazine, he, Liao Zhongkai, Zhu Zhixin and others discussed the "well field system" with Hu Shi.At that time, when the Kuomintang was still in its infancy, the exchange of letters between "Sir" and "Sir" was truly cordial.Ten years later, Hu Hanmin has become the President of the Legislative Council and the "Committee Hu" of the Kuomintang Central Committee. How can Hu Hanmin be compared to Hu Hanmin who discussed the mine field? Therefore, he was bossy and very rude to Hu Shi.After being reprimanded for no reason by such a party and state figure, how could Dr. Hu swallow his anger? He read this article three days before leaving Shanghai and went north, so he wrote a letter to ask Hu Hanmin to point out which day the "London Thames Hu Shi's long article was published in the "Newspaper".This will defeat Hu Hanmin's army.He didn't know English at all, so he hadn't seen The Times, nor had he seen any articles by Hu Shi. He just heard some provocative words that he liked, so he led his teacher to question him.After reading Hu Shi's letter, how could he reply? He had to push it to the secretariat to answer for him, which was perfunctory.

The answer of "Committee Hu with the Secretariat" is quite funny.On the one hand, it is admitted that Hu Hanmin heard what his "friends" said, not "seeing" himself; nor did Hu Shi publish any articles, but the "Times" published an editorial, "reporting the remarks of a Chinese doctor of philosophy".In this way, Commissioner Hu's speeches were sloppy and published in the newspapers, at least there was an error that was not noticed; but Commissioner Hu insisted that it was "the fault of those who approached extreme freedom of speech."

Bureaucrats and powerful people are probably used to this kind of brutal attitude.On the other hand, Hu Hanmin's speech was clearly aimed at Hu Shi, but he answered sophistry on behalf of him, saying, "If you must ask the person to tell the truth, you will be sure."This made it difficult for Hu Shi to pursue it even though he knew he had been slandered. ③ At that time, "Impressions of the New Capital (II)" written by Hu Zhengzhi also recorded the above-mentioned conversation of Hu Hanmin.Hu Shi wrote to ask.Hu Zhengzhi's reply stated that Hu Hanmin had indeed addressed Hu Shi by name on that day.This made Hu Shi more aware of the distrust attitude of party and state dignitaries towards him, and he was naturally unhappy; but what surprised Hu Shi even more was another thing mentioned in Hu Zhengzhi's reply letter——

Furthermore: the letter has been inspected by the Beiping Public Security Bureau, which is also different.My office gets a lot of documents from Peking every day, and I haven't seen the inspection mark for a long time, so I'm sending back the letter, begging for attention. ④ That is to say, after Hu Shi moved to Beiping, the authorities still paid close attention to his remarks, and his correspondence was subject to illegal inspection by the Public Security Bureau.This is the result of talking about human rights and freedom of speech in China! At the same time, the "New Moon" magazine that remained in Shanghai was also detained and banned by the Kuomintang authorities from time to time.The main contributor, Luo Longji, was once arrested. After he was released on bail, he wrote the article "My Arrest and Resentment", which was published in Volume 3, Issue 3 of "New Moon".The authorities also believed that the article was "defamation with anger", and demanded that Guanghua University revoke Luo Longji's professorship and destroy his job.Naturally, this is also the reason why the authorities have lingering resentment towards them for talking about human rights. At the beginning of 1931, Hu Shi went to Shanghai to attend the fifth regular meeting of the China Education and Culture Foundation, and tried his best to advocate for Luo Jun and "New Moon". On January 18, he asked someone to bring two copies of "New Moon" magazine to Chiang Kai-shek and his attendant Chen Bulei, and wrote a letter to express his feelings, saying:

Disdain that "an initial common understanding" must be built on "mutual understanding".Therefore, Mr. Tuo Jingyang brought two copies of all the 2 volumes of "New Moon" and the 3rd issue of the 3 volumes, one for Mr. Qi and one for Mr. Jieshi. "New Moon" talks about politics in Volume 2 and Issue 4. I hope that gentlemen can spare some time to read the speeches of these issues.We are willing to take responsibility for what should be "confiscated and burned" (in Chinese in the secret order of the Central Propaganda Department), or should be imprisoned and shot.However, without reading our writings, but relying on the reports of ignorant party members, abusing the power of the government to oppress us will never convince me. ⑤

Luo Longji's affairs were finally irreparable, so he had to make a living by selling manuscripts in translation.However, Hu Shi not only sent magazines, but also expressed his heart, hoping to "know each other", which is still useful. In October of this year, Hu Shi was going to Shanghai to attend the Pacific International Society.Before the meeting, he and Ding Wenjiang were called to Nanjing to meet Chiang Kai-shek. The "Declaration" on October 14 published "Nanjing Special Electricity" saying: Ding Wenjiang and Hu Shi came to Beijing to visit Jiang.I came here to follow Jiang's call and to inquire about the overall situation.The government plans to employ Ding and Hu Zhuozhi as members of the Legislative Council, so that they can develop their strengths and serve the party and the state.Will mention the briefing of the 14th Central Political Council.

Chiang Kai-shek specially summoned Hu Shi and Ding Wenjiang to "inquire" about the overall situation. It can be seen that on Jiang's side, he has a considerable understanding of Hu Shi and regards him very highly.This was Hu Shi's first meeting with Chiang Kai-shek.After visiting Jiang, he quickly went to Shanghai for a meeting, and then went north immediately after the meeting.Later, "Jian Ren" did not exist, so details are unknown.At least roughly began to establish "a preliminary common understanding."At that time, a Mr. "Jing" wrote to Hu Shi and said:

The Pacific Society, returning to the north at high speed, has a good opportunity to leave no trace, and can retain the status of independent speech.Those who love the public may not be as good as their younger brothers, but their appearance is a little sparse.Zaijun (press, that is, Ding Wenjiang) can dispel his hesitation for a month, so it is better to come again. ⑥ Based on this, it can be seen that Hu Shi, Ding Wenjiang and the Chiang Kai-shek authorities probably reached some kind of understanding, but they all hoped that there would be "no trace"; status, to serve the party-state.On November 11 of this year, Chiang Kai-shek called Hu Shi: "The Finance Committee has been organized and is scheduled to hold its first meeting at the National Government at 9:00 am on the 15th of this month. I would be grateful if I could attend at that time. Chairman Jiang Zhongzheng. The "True (11th)" newspaper also announced the committee's organizational outline and list of members. Hu Shi, as a "scholar", was on the same committee as Jiang Zhongzheng, Lin Sen, Song Ziwen and other "government" leaders.Hu Shi himself also felt that the Finance Committee's announcement was "quickly fast", but he was unable to attend the meeting because "he was ill after returning from the north". ⑦ ① See the "Declaration" dated November 15, 1930; see also the letters to Hu Shi from Yang Lianggong, Gao Yihan, Cai Yuanpei, Fu Donghua, etc. from November to December 1930, see "Selected Letters from Hu Shi", Beijing Zhonghua Book Company, May 1, 1979 , Volume II, pp. 30-33, 36-37. ② Quoted from Hu Shi's letter to Hu Hanmin on November 25, 1930, see "Selected Letters from Hu Shi", Volume II, pp. 32-33. ③ On December 9, 1930, Hu Hanmin's entourage sent a letter to Hu Shi from the secretariat, see Ibid., Volume II, p. 34. ④ Letter from Hu Zhengzhi to Hu Shi on December 25, 1930, see Ibid., Volume II, pp. 36-37. ⑤Hu Shi wrote a letter to Chen Bulei on January 18, 1931 (draft), see "Selected Letters from Hu Shi", Volume II, p. 40. ⑥ "Respect" Letter to Hu Shi on November 1, 1931, see "Selected Letters from Hu Shi", Volume 2, p. 85.The writer signed the letter "King".Mr. Geng Yunzhi, according to the archives of Hu Shi in the modern history of China, on September 17, 1930, Chen Shutong sent the article "Ji Chang's Death Note" to Hu Shi. , it is determined that this letter was written by Chen Shutong. (See "Hu Shi Chronicle" written by Geng, Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1989 edition, p. 194) Chen Shutong, whose name is Jingdi, followed by the characters.Long-term director of Shanghai Commercial Press and Zhejiang Industrial Bank. ⑦See the manuscript of "Hu Shi's Diary", Taipei Yuanliu Publishing Co., Ltd. 1990 edition, Volume 10, November 11, 1931. (Third Edition Note)