has, however, been ruthlessly crushed. Bight of the men have been beheaded in Hankow, The other 26 were sent te Wuchang for trial, as the partial burning of the yamen at Hankow rendered the possibilities of a rescue rather great. The 26 were tried on Wednesday here. Two of them were in foreign dress with cut hair and were ALLEGED 70 DE JAPANESE, but this is officially denied. They seem to have adopted the dress in order to create the idea that their acts were aided by foreigners. The trial was conducted in comparative secrecy and eleven were sentenced to death. It is usual in Wuchang to carry out all executions outside the city, but the authorities are very cautious and the preparations were not made till the gates were shut for the night. Then it was supposed that the executions would take place on the parade ground and thither the people flocked. When the party of runners and prisoners at last left the yxmén they only went a few yards to a vacant piece of ground at the side of the lake and there, by lit of torches, ten f the men were executed. The eleventh taken to another place not far away: an: executed alone.
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