從六月下半月到七月上半月,在美國政治上,有着兩場熱鬧的好戲。這兩場好戲,都是在費城演出的——費城,費萊台爾斐亞州的首城,乃是美國第一屆行憲議會舉行的地方。這次的第一場好戲,是共和黨的全國代表大會;它在六月二十四日舉行,已經推出了杜威爲今年的共和黨總統候選人,同時推出了華倫爲共和黨副總統候選人。第二場好戲,要在七月十二日舉行,那是民主黨的全國代表大會,推舉民主黨的總統和副總統候選人。我是用一個外國旁觀者的心情,來說這兩個美國政黨的競選大會,是‘兩場好戲’。事實上,就美國今天的政治情况來說,兩黨的大會中間,叫囂和熱鬧是有的,任何‘好’的徵象,都談不到。而在叫囂和熱鬧的背後,今天美國一般人的心理,是彷徨苦悶,隨波逐流,不知他們本身的前途是在那裏。所以,‘好戲’云云,只是從表面上說明今天美國政治上的紛亂而已。 From the second half of June to the first half of July, there are two lively goodies in American politics. Both of these operas are performed in Philadelphia - the first city in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Delia, and the United States where the first Constituent Assembly was held. The first good show this time is the Republican National Assembly; it was held on June 24 and it has launched Dewey for this year’s Republican presidential candidate, with Warren being the Republican vice presidential candidate people. The second good show, to be held on July 12, is the Democratic National Convention and the Democratic presidential and vice presidential candidates. I used the mood of a foreign observer to say that the election campaigns of the two U.S. parties are ’two goodies.’ In fact, speaking of the current political situation in the United States, clamoring and hilarity are some of the conventions between the two parties. Any sign of ’goodness’ can not be reached. Behind the clamor and bustle, the psychology of the ordinary people in the United States today is like being miserably depressed and drifting. I do not know where their own future is. So, ’good things’ say so much about the political turmoil in the United States today.