申報 Shenbao, 12 October 1911, page 2: the imperial edict on the Wuchang plot and an editorial on the revolutionaries

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Original (Chinese (literary, traditional characters)) · read from the image, not independently checked

辛亥八月二十一日申報第一張第二版

上諭
八月二十日內閣奉
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評論 (section label as printed, first character hard to read)
革命黨又事洩
(無名)
[...] 夫革命黨人不得志於廣州流血未久而復專心壹志注其力於武昌運炸彈至三十箱之多定期於十八日夜間三點鐘時攻擊督署 [...] 革命黨人之每次被獲而被殺非特有傷革命黨之元氣而於中國之元氣亦大有傷焉何則彼黨人雖其所抱之主義不同而其不畏殺戮不懼艱難勇往任事則固中國難得之少年也願主持此獄之官吏稍加注意勿肆殺戮留以禦他日之強暴也則亦中國之幸也

專電
武昌失守
鄂垣節前即傳革黨起事初定十六日因嚴防未得逞旋改十八日又為密探偵悉捕獲革黨二十餘人搜出炸藥數十箱 [...]

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

Shenbao, Xinhai year, 8th month, 21st day, first sheet, second page.

Imperial Edict
On the 20th day of the 8th month the Cabinet received the following decree: 'Ruicheng telegraphs that he found out the revolutionary party was hiding in Wuchang and had fixed the night of the 19th for an uprising, and was preparing to guard against and seize them, when Qi Yaoshan telegraphed that at Hankou the key bandit Liu Yaozhao had been seized and forged seals, forged notices and forged credentials and the like recovered; whereupon, with Commander Zhang Biao and others, soldiers were sent and in the provincial city 32 bandit leaders and bandit followers were seized in succession, and many military supplies and bombs recovered, among them Liu Ruxui who fired on arrest, Yang Hongsheng who privately hid weapons, and Peng Chufan whose words were especially frenzied and perverse; these three offenders, their guilt established on examination, were executed. These revolutionary bandits made trouble in Hubei and meant to launch a large uprising, truly with no regard for law; the Governor-General checked the trouble at its start and settled it quickly, and the civil and military officials present were also brave, which is commendable. Apart from the three offenders including Liu Ruxui already executed, the other bandits seized are to be strictly interrogated and punished; civil and military officials are to be ordered to search closely for those at large and bring them to justice, and to post a proclamation announcing that anyone coerced into following may repent and start anew [...]'

Commentary (section label)
The Revolutionary Party's Plot Again Leaks (unsigned)
[...] The revolutionaries, not succeeding in Guangzhou where blood was shed not long ago, again put their whole mind and strength into Wuchang, shipping as many as thirty boxes of bombs, to attack the Governor-General's office at three o'clock on the night of the 18th [...] Each time the revolutionaries are captured and killed, it harms not only the vitality of the revolutionary party but the vitality of China too. Why? Though the doctrines these party men hold are not the same as ours, their fearlessness of being killed, their readiness to take on hardship and go forward in their tasks is truly something rare among China's young men. We hope the officials in charge of this case will take a little care and not kill indiscriminately, keeping them to defend against some future tyranny, which would also be China's good fortune.

Special telegram
Wuchang lost [headline as printed]
In Wuchang before the festival it was rumoured that the revolutionary party would rise, first fixed for the 16th, which failed because of strict precautions; then changed to the 18th, when secret detectives found out and seized more than twenty revolutionaries and dug out several tens of boxes of explosives [...]

Read from a 2600 px render of the page; excerpts only (marked [...] or [remainder not transcribed]); the editorial's opening lines and the first character of its section label are not certain. 偽 is printed in the old form 僞. Translation is a literal machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.