1941年5月9日,英国笔会在伦敦康伟厅为印度诗人泰戈尔举行了一次追悼会。出席那次聚会并演讲的,有当时苏联驻英大使迈斯基和英国小说家爱·摩·福斯特。那天我也应邀代表中国讲了话。同时坐在台上的金斯利·马丁(《新政治家与民族》主编)知道我喜欢福斯特的小说,并曾为他在《印度之行》中谴责英国殖 On May 9, 1941, the British PEN held a memorial service for the Indian poet Tagore at Conway Hall in London. At that meeting and speech, there were the Soviet Ambassador to Britain Meyersky and the British novelist Aimo Foster. That day I was also invited to speak on behalf of China. Kingsley Martin, the editor-in-chief of The New Statesman and Nation, who was also on the stage, knew I loved Forster’s novel and once blamed Britain for his trip to India