袁世凯篡夺辛亥革命的胜利果实后,摧残新闻言论自由的手段变本加厉。上海新闻界为争取新闻言论自由的斗争,更加艰苦复杂。在斗争方式上除同盟会(包括国民党)报刊比较直接外,私营报刊一般都比较隐晦曲折。它们既反对袁世凯,又不敢公开对抗,于是便动脑筋想出各种巧妙招数,《申报》的表现就十分典型。 1、借别人之口宣泄自己的心绪。袁世凯为欺骗社会,披着法制外衣摧残舆论,1914年1月首先抛出了《报纸条例》。对此,《申报》没有正面抨击,而是用阐明尊重舆论、维护民众民主权利的必要,来否定箝制舆论的做法。如提出:“报纸天职有闻必录,取缔过严非尊重舆论之道,故应取宽大主义”,还说“权势之辈以蹂 After Yuan Shikai usurped the fruits of the victory of the 1911 Revolution, the means to destroy freedom of speech and speech went up. The struggle of the press in Shanghai for the freedom of press and speech is even more complicated and arduous. In addition to the relatively straightforward mode of operation of the fight against newspapers and periodicals of the League (including the Kuomintang), private newspapers and periodicals are generally obscure and tortuous. As opposed to Yuan Shikai, they did not dare to openly confront each other. They therefore came up with clever tactics and the performance of “declaration” was very typical. 1, take the mouth of others to vent their emotions. Yuan Shikai to deceive the community, dressed in the cloak of law ruined public opinion, in January 1914 the first thrown “newspaper regulations.” In this regard, the “declaration” has not been a direct attack on, but rather to clarify the respect of public opinion, the need to safeguard the democratic rights of the people to denounce the practice of suppressing public opinion. For example, he said: “The newspapers should know what they want to record, ban the strict respect of public opinions, and they should be lenient.” They also said that "