Note 18 — Chapter VII · AGAIN IN THE PHILIPPINES

At Hong-Kong he had been somewhat surprised to find himself invited to the Spanish consulate and urged to abide there.18 At Tokio this experience was repeated, the Spanish legation offering him its hospitality and even suggesting employment as a translator. The purposes of these advances were clear enough. He was one that the Government willed, after its custom, to have always under surveillance; to have him beneath a legation roof was easier and cheaper than to hire secret service men.