As we enter December, there are a lot of things going on.
First, China and the Soviet Union resumed diplomatic relations. At first, the Nanjing government opened its mouth and clamored to solve the problems of Outer Mongolia and the Middle East Road. But after the "League of Nations Investigation Report" was released, Chang Kaishen's attitude immediately changed 180 degrees.
Turn around and fully agree to unconditionally resume diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
Immediately afterwards, the Kuomintang held the Third Plenary Session of the Fourth Central Committee, and factional struggles within the party resumed.
The current situation is that Chang Kaishen is in charge of the army and Wang Zhaoming is in charge, but Sun Ke has gained nothing. Therefore, Mr. Sun tried to promote democratic constitutionalism at the Kuomintang Party Plenary Session and received widespread support from people from all walks of life. He wanted to take advantage of
He came to power with this popular support and momentum.
Chang Kaishen and Wang Zhaoming felt extremely troubled by this. If it were someone else who stood up to sing the opposite, an assassin would be able to solve the problem with one shot. But who dares to kill Sun Ke? That was Mr. Sun Yat-sen's son. No matter who killed him, as long as
Sun Ke had an accident, and both Chang Kaishen and Wang Zhaoming had to take the blame.
There was still internal strife on the Kuomintang side, so Mrs. Sun, Cai Yuanpei, Lu Xun, Yang Xingfo and others formally established the China Civil Rights Protection Alliance in Shanghai.
Mrs. Sun and Cai Yuanpei served as the chairman and vice-chairman respectively, Yang Xingfo served as the director-general, and Lu Xun served as the executive member of the Shanghai branch. Although Zhou Hexuan did not attend the founding meeting of the "Civil Rights Alliance", he was also elected as one of the national executive members and was also responsible for preparing the establishment of Peking.
Club matters.
To be honest, Zhou Hexuan had no hope for this organization, but it was better than nothing. At least he could save a few people from the guns of the Kuomintang.
At the end of December, Zhou Hexuan came to Peiping and went straight to Hu Shi's home.
"Mingcheng, you are finally here," Hu Shi said enthusiastically. "It's a pity that I am busy all day and have no time to go south to visit Mr. Bernard Shaw and miss the chance to see the face of an international master."
Zhou Hexuan picked up the tea bowl and said with a smile: "It's better if you don't see me, but you will inevitably be disappointed if you do."
Hu Shi said in surprise: "It's like some people said, Mr. Bernard Shaw has a problem with his character."
Zhou Hexuan shook his head and said: "It's not that bad, but it's not that sacred either. He's just a well-known scholar with mixed qualities."
"That's it." Hu Shi was really disappointed.
The evaluation of Bernard Shaw in China is divided into two extremes. Those who like him praise him as a saint, and those who hate him denounce him as a scum. In fact, both are biased. For example, the article written by Fu Sinian later denounced Bernard Shaw as a complete hypocrite.
I'm a villain, but the subjective emotions in the article are too heavy and obviously biased.
Zhou Hexuan asked: "Brother Shi, I came to Peking this time to prepare for the establishment of the Civil Rights Alliance. How is your contact here?"
Hu Shi said with a smile: "The situation is going very well. There are many people from Peking University and Tsinghua University who are willing to join. For example, Jiang Menglin, Li Ji, Ma Youyu, Ren Hongjun, etc. They are all very enthusiastic about this matter and each introduced their friends to join.
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Zhou Hexuan nodded: "I also wrote and contacted some newspaper figures. I, Chen Bosheng and several other brothers expressed their support. Although the heads of many newspapers in Tianjin and Peking were unwilling to join, they agreed to help publicize the cry.
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"That's great!" Hu Shi said happily, "As long as the democrats and newspaper leaders in Peiping and Tianjin unite, they will definitely be able to urge the National Government to carry out democratic constitutional government!"
Zhou Hexuan could only smile in agreement. Historically, Hu Shi was the chairman of the Peking branch of the Civil Rights League, but he was expelled after only two months.
The reason is very simple. One of the purposes of the Civil Rights League is to rescue political (harmony) criminals, and to rescue all political (harmony) criminals without distinction. Hu Shi believes that distinction should be made, relying on national laws to punish crimes, and only rescuing
Those innocent criminals.
It seemed that Hu Shi's approach was more rational, but in fact it was completely wrong, because according to the Kuomintang, none of the prisoners they arrested were innocent.
Moreover, Hu Shi was very dishonest. He hated communism from the bottom of his heart and regarded it as similar to fascism. Therefore, he deliberately covered up the fact that Communist prisoners were tortured and claimed that the Communists in the prison were not tortured to extract confessions. Mrs. Sun
, Lu Xun and others were so angry that everyone quickly voted to expel Hu Shi.
The Democratic League has three purposes: first, to demand democratic constitutional government; second, to call for active resistance to Japan; third, to rescue imprisoned political (harmony) prisoners.
The reason why Hu Shi joined this organization was just to promote democratic constitutionalism. He didn't care about the latter two points at all, so he was not the same kind of person as Lu Xun and others from the beginning.
But it is undeniable that Hu Shi's appeal among intellectuals was very strong, and he played a great role in the preparation of the Peiping branch of the Democratic League.
Zhou Hexuan did not want to get involved in this messy dispute over doctrines. He said: "There was a telegram from Shanghai saying that Yang Xingfo will go to Peking next month to preside over the founding meeting, and a democratic election will be held at that time. The chairman of the Peking branch will be
You take charge of it, I don't like to deal with mundane affairs."
Hu Shi waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, Mingcheng, you are more knowledgeable and famous than me. It is obvious that you should be the chairman of the branch."
Zhou Hexuan said: "I am preparing to establish another organization, so I don't have so much energy."
"What organization?" Hu Shi asked curiously.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "The International Anti-Fascist Alliance, also known as the 'World War Committee Against Imperialism'. This organization was established in the middle of the year, and I am specifically responsible for preparing the China branch."
Hu Shi was surprised and said: "This is an international organization!"
Zhou Hexuan nodded and said: "It's just an international non-governmental organization. Mr. Romain Rolland is the chairman, Mr. Babisse and I are the vice-chairmen, and Mr. Einstein serves as a member."
When Hu Shi heard that Romain Rolland, Babisset and Einstein were participating, he immediately said excitedly: "Mingcheng, how could you forget me in such a grand event? I must participate in your organization!"
"Okay then, you will be the director-general of the China branch." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
"Forget it, Director General," Hu Shi laughed, "I will be the vice chairman of the China branch, and the Director General will let those who are capable do it."
Hu Shi was similar to Zhou Hexuan. He also specialized in yelling and shouting. He didn't want to run around dealing with trivial matters all day long.
Zhou Hexuan stood up, straightened his clothes and said, "That's it. You can also help me publicize more and see who else is willing to join the International Anti-Fascist Alliance."
"No problem, I'm good at connecting in series, so I'll take care of it!" Hu Shi said, patting his chest.
Zhou Hexuan asked: "By the way, are you free on New Year's Day?"
"What's the matter?" Hu Shi asked.
Zhou Hexuan said: "My wife Xiaodong has officially made her comeback and will perform on stage in Tianjin."
"Hahaha," Hu Shi laughed, "Don't worry, I will definitely come to support you!"