这一特殊关系一直延续到一九四一年的"珍珠 港事变"。
The special relationship lasted until the outbreak of the Pearl Harbor Incident in 1941.
这期间，英国老百姓自然始终坚定地站在中国一边。
Meanwhile, however, the British people remained firm in siding with China.
我先 是在"七七事变"头一年就有所案觉。
It was in the year when the July 7 Incident\* broke out that I first became aware of the said alliance between Britain and Japan.
当时上海还有租界，而大公报 馆无论在津、沪、港，都始终位于洋人管辖的地方。
In those days, there were foreign settlements in Shanghai.
事变前的一年 一九三六年，《大公报》就由于我发表的陈白尘一个剧本中多处 提到"x洋人"("x"是编者打的）而三次被英、日控制的工部局传 到法院，最终还是由于事先打了叉叉而没坐牢。
And The Dagong Bao\*\* had its office successively located in the foreign-controlled districts of Tianjin, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
三八年至三九年间，我在香港《大公报》编文艺副刊时，因所登 的稿件而与英国新闻审查官起冲突的事，更是屡见不鲜。
In 1936, one year before the July 7 Incident, because I had one of Chen Baichen's\*\*\* plays published, in which there appeared several times the expression "X foreigner" (the cross X had been added by the editor), 1 was summoned to court by the Shanghai Municipal Council under British and Japanese control.
说是"冲 突"，其实，他是主子。
Finally, thanks to the cross put into the manuscript, I was exempted from imprisonment.
在送审的校样上他随便打个红叉，我就只好 抽掉。
From 1938 to 1939, when I was in charge of editing the Art and Literature Supplement of The Dagong Bao, often got into disputes with British censors (or rather with my masters) over manuscripts.
可临时补稿不方便"，我就索性让版面"开天窗"，空白着。
When a The July 7 Incident (also known us the Lugouqiao Incident) of 1937 an was an incident staged at Lugouqiao, Beijing on July 7. 1937. by the Japancsc imperialists. which marked the beginning of an all-oul war of aggression against China by Japan.
如 果翻阅那一时期的香港《大公报》，天窗是不少的。
The Dagong Bao (formerly known us L'mpartial. a Chinese newspaper first published on June 17, 1902 in Tianjin. later in Beijing on Oclober 1956 and now in Hong Kong known as The Tak Kung as Pao.
有一回审查官甚 至把半个版面全给枪毙了@。
Chen Baichen (1908 一 1994). born in Huaiyin.
为什么？
Jiangsu Province, was a well known playwright and 2 novelist.
因为中日虽在开战，英、日仍在结盟。
In the 1960s. he was vice cditor-in-chief of the magazine People 's Literature.
香港殖民当局不 许在它管辖的地方对日军的在华暴行进行抗议。
British censor put in a red cross at will, all I could do was withdraw the entire manuscript.
统治者说了算，没什 么道理可讲！
Sometimes, being hard pressed to find a replacement a for it, I had to leave a blank on the page to show that something had been suppressed by censorship.
三九年秋，我应伦敦大学东方学院之邀，赴英教书。
Take a look at The Dagong Bao published in Hong Kong in those days, and you'll find lots of blanks.
坐的是法国 轮船。
Once the British censor even had half a page killed.
行至西贡，轮船被征调。
Why?
其他国家的客人均可自觅旅馆，惟独 儿十名中国旅客，被押往集中营。
Because China and Japan were at war, and Britain and Japan were alllies.
幸而我在途中托人给当地总领事 (我的燕京同学)送去一名片，才又改为软禁。
The Hong Kong colonial authorities prohibited any protest a staged in a region under their jurisdiction against the atrocities of the Japanese troops in China.
经过多方周折,我于十月最终来到英国港口福克斯通办理登陆手 续时，官员发给我的竟是一纸"敌性外侨"的入境证。
Their word was law.
我向主管人质 问，回答得简单：中、日在交战，而英、日是同盟国，因此，只能那 样定性。
There was no reasoning with them!
这黑锅我一直背到一九四一年"珍珠港事变"。
In the autumn of 1939, went to England to teach at the invitation of the College of Oriental Studies of the University of London.
一天之内，我又 成为"伟大盟友"了。
I sailed on a French steamer.