In December 1919, New Youth published an editorial entitled "This Magazine's Manifesto." The first half of the piece explained why one might sever ties with political parties. The second took the opposing view, affirming political parties as a necessary means of exercising political power and stating that one should only eschew "parties that fail to consider the good of society as a whole."
1919 年 12 月《新青年》發表一篇社論性質的〈本誌宣言〉，文章前半部分表明「和政黨斷絕關係」的立場，後文卻論調一反，肯定政黨是「運用政治應有的方法」，惟「對於眼中沒有全社會幸福的政黨，永遠不忍加入」。