When such leaders in the fight for Taiwanese participation in government as Lin Hsi-tang and Tsai Hui-ju joined the society, it became a base for pro-Chinese activities. Once, copies of its poetry journal were prohibited and destroyed for promoting an ethnic Chinese consciousness.
在領導爭取台灣人參政權的林獻堂、蔡惠如加入後，「櫟社」更演變成民族運動的據點，所出的詩刊還曾經因為鼓吹民族意識而被日本人查禁燒燬。