It published provocative articles like "On the Illusion of Retaking the Mainland" and "Could Chiang Kai-shek Have Made a Mistaken Decision?" It opposed a third term for President Chiang, and its leaders began to plan the formation of an opposition party. Finally, the journal was closed and its publisher, Lei Chen, was sent to prison for "harboring Communist spies" and "disseminating illegal speech."
等言辭越發犀利的文章，一方面反對蔣介石三度連任，一方面積極籌備成立反對黨，終於造成這個當時有胡適支持、並有自由中國言論自由櫥窗之稱的雜誌關門，一手創辦發行的雷震以「包庇掩護共諜」及「散佈不法言論」等罪名入獄。