三八、無理的干涉

（二月十二日）

初十夜哥倫比亞大學世界學生會之俄國學生請大文豪托爾斯泰（Tolstoi）之子伊惹·托爾斯泰伯爵（Count Ilya Tolstoi）演說。不意大學俄文科教長Prof. J. D. Prince（J. D. 普林斯教授）素不喜托氏之理論者，出而干涉，竟令大學書記禁止此會用大學講室為會場，托氏遂不能演說。托氏謂人曰：

I thought for a while that I was back in Russia and not in "free" America. Worse than that—for the precise address I intened to give had been delivered last October in Moscow and the address had been approved by the Chief of Police before it was delivered.

〔中譯〕

我還以為我剛才是回到了俄國，而不是在“自由”的美國。更為糟糕的是，我原打算作的演說正是去年十月我在莫斯科所作的，而該演說當初是事先經過警察長同意了的。

此不獨本校之辱，亦此邦之羞也。