時報
- Appeals for mediation in the fighting at Wuchang
- Revolutionary army censors the press in Hankou
- Special trains for viewing the Haining tide
The page places appeals for civilians in besieged Wuchang beside reports of military control over newspapers in Hankou. Its railway advertisement offers a different view of everyday life: scheduled trips and separate excursion and meal prices for watching the Haining tide.
Two complete Wuchang briefs, the press-restriction heading and selected opening notices, and selected lines of the tide-excursion advertisement. The long censorship speech and full train timetable are not transcribed.
Translation
Appeals for mediation in the fighting at Wuchang
Westerners from Wuhan's churches met on the 14th to discuss mediation in the fighting at Wuchang and have notified both sides.
(Hankou telegram, 11 p.m., September 14)
The Wuchang Chamber of Commerce has asked the Hankou Chamber to appeal to both commanders to negotiate permission for residents to leave the city. It states that many civilians have died since the siege began and that food is now scarce, making their plight worse.
(Reuters, Hankou, September 14)
Revolutionary army censors the press in Hankou
Reports contrary to party principles or harmful to the revolution are forbidden. Violators will be punished under military law.
(Hankou, September 14)
A journalist at the Dahan Bao has been detained because the newspaper carried news unfavorable to the southern army.
(Reuters, Hankou, September 14)
At 10 p.m. yesterday, the 12th, the Hankou office of the Revolutionary Army General Headquarters' Political Department sent a circular to Chinese and foreign newspapers in Hankou, correspondents for newspapers elsewhere, and news agencies. They were asked to send responsible representatives to a meeting at the Hankou Ningbo Association at 10 a.m. today, the 13th.
Special trains for viewing the Haining tide
Shanghai–Hangzhou–Ningbo Railway Administration, Traffic Department, directly under the Ministry of Communications: notice of special trains for viewing the Haining tide.
Special tide-viewing trains will run on September 24, 25 and 26, corresponding to the 18th, 19th and 20th days of the eighth lunar month.
[…]
Each tide-viewing ticket costs 8 silver dollars and 5 jiao.
Western-meal tickets are also available at 3 silver dollars and 5 jiao each, covering morning refreshments, lunch, afternoon refreshments and dinner on the outward and return journey.
Context
Merchants as intermediaries in a siege
The Wuchang Chamber appealed through its Hankou counterpart rather than addressing only one military side. The requested negotiation concerned civilians’ ability to leave, while church representatives pursued mediation more broadly. Together these initiatives show how local commercial and religious networks sought room for civilian protection when the opposing armies controlled movement into and out of the city.
Military control of the news
The Hankou circular brings local newspapers, outside correspondents and news agencies under a single political office’s instructions. A prohibition backed by military punishment makes reporting part of the army’s exercise of authority. The detention brief shows the immediate stakes for journalists, while the breadth of the meeting invitation indicates an effort to influence news circulating beyond Hankou itself.
A tidal phenomenon becomes a railway excursion
The Qiantang estuary’s narrowing shape amplifies the incoming tide and produces its famous tidal bore. The railway advertisement packages that spectacle into a scheduled outing, with both Gregorian and lunar dates to help passengers plan. A separate meal ticket turns transport and sightseeing into a more complete leisure purchase, showing how a natural event could organize a seasonal travel market.
Original
武昌戰事之調停呼籲
武昌戰事之調停呼籲
武漢各教會西人、寒（十四）日集議調停武昌戰事、已向雙方通告
（漢口十四日下午十一時電）
武昌商會請漢口商會轉懇雙方司令協商、容人民離城、謂自受圍後平民死者甚衆、現且乏食、益增困難
（路透十四日漢口電）
漢口革軍檢查新聞
漢口革軍檢查新聞
▲不許有違背黨義及不利於革命之紀載 ▲違者將以軍律懲辦
（漢口十四日電）
大漢報因登載不利於南軍消息、記者被拘
（路透十四日漢口電）
革命軍總司令部政治部駐漢口辦公處、昨（十二）夜十時、通函漢口中外各報館、各外埠訪員、各通訊社、請派負責人員、於今早（十三）十時、至漢口寧波同鄉會開會。
開駛海寧觀潮專車廣告
交通部直轄滬杭甬鐵路管理局車務處開駛海寧觀潮專車廣告
啟者九月念四日念五日念六日即陰曆八月十八日十九日二十日三天本局特開觀潮專車
[...]
觀潮券每張大洋八元五角
本局並備有西餐券每張價洋三元五角即早茶午餐下午茶點晚餐一往一來