一九四一年一月,国民党反动派不顾全国人民团结抗日的爱国愿望,悍然发动皖南事变。周恩来同志以极为悲愤的笔触,写下了哀悼新四军牺牲同志的悼词和挽词,交《新华日报》刊出,严正抗议国民党反动派这一滔天罪行。国民党反动派恼羞成怒,企图以此作为借口查封《新华日报》。报馆事先作了一切必要的准备,驳斥了反动派的指责,拒绝了停刊令,《新华日报》仍然屹立山城,继续与读者见面。 In January 1941, the KMT reactionaries brazenly launched the Southern Anhui Incident in disregard of the patriotic desire of the entire people to unite and resist Japan. Comrade Zhou Enlai, with his extremely indignant and violent strokes, wrote eulogies and letters to mourn the Sacrifice of the New Fourth Army and handed over the Xinhua Daily and solemnly protested the heinous crime of the Kuomintang reactionaries. The Kuomintang reactionaries were furious and tried to use this as an excuse to seal up the “Xinhua Daily.” The newspaper made all necessary preparations in advance, dismissed the allegations of the reactionaries and rejected the stop-publication order. Xinhua Daily still stands in the mountain city and continues to meet with the readers.