Soong was head of the KMT cabinet, but after news organizations across China reprinted Fu's editorial, Soong came under heavy pressure and was forced to resign. When Fu arrived in Taiwan in 1949, NTU was in chaos, and soon thereafter the infamous April 6th Incident sparked a high tide of student protests.
當時宋子文是行政院長，傅斯年的文章經各地報章轉載，形成很大壓力，宋子文不久就辭職。一九四九年，傅斯年初來乍到，台大校務猶百廢待舉，隨即發生了史稱「四六事件」的學潮風波。