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This curious little book is one continuous rant against the Katipunan movement, which stood at the roots of the First Philippine Republic. It also calls the original native population of the Philippines barbarians that imitate in an ape-like fashion, and claims that some Philippine languages do not have the words to say “thank you.” It is highly negative on José Rizal and masonry as well.

Published in Manila in 1902, it is one of the few of its kind in English (similar works did appear in Spanish and Tagalog). Another book supporting the position of the friars, but far less extreme in tone is The Friars in the Philippines (1899) by Ambrose Coleman.

In an article on the Katipunan published in a masonic magazine, The Builder Magazine, February 1916, James A. Robertson provides a little background on the author.

In Blair & Robertson, The Philippine Islands: 1493–1898 (Cleveland, Clark, 1903–1909), Vol. 46, p. 361, note, I cite this pamphlet, (The Katipunan, Manila, 1902), and say of its author “purporting to be by one Francis St. Clair, although it is claimed by some to have been written by or for the friars.” Its author is really one J. Brecknock Watson, who is an Englishman and a convert to Catholicism. At the time of its publication, Watson was in the employ of, or was actually a lay-brother among, the Dominicans, for whom the pamphlet was compiled. The author himself told me that he was “Francis St. Clair” shortly after my arrival in Manila in February, 1910, when I went to the Philippines to take charge of the Philippine Library. James A. LeRoy, until his death one of the foremost authorities on things Philippine, says in his “Bibliographical Notes” (vol. 52, p. 188 note, of the series above cited) that the pamphlet was “published in order to put before Americans the friar viewpoint of the Filipino revolutionists.” The work is, as might be expected, ultra anti-Masonic in character, and consists of translations into English from Spanish writers who were opposed to Masonry. By the enemies of Masonry, the Katipunan has often been designated “the fighting body of Masonry” in the Philippines, a statement which is as ridiculous as it is erroneous. “Francis St. Clair,” at present an editor on the staff of the Cablenews-American, is writing another book on the Katipunan (this time under his own name) from materials which he claims to have discovered. The book will be anti-Masonic in tone.

He continues to classify the work as “utterly untrustworthy” and provides a short history of masonry in the Philippines and its connection with the Katipunan.

The other book on the Katipunan mentioned above apparently never saw the day of light.

Related Library of Congress catalog page: 03016030.

Related Open Library catalog page (for source): OL6929061M.

Related Open Library catalog page (for work): OL3889745W.

Related WorldCat catalog page: 5391381.

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10 unmistakeable unmistakable

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14, 20 Archipielago Archipelago

14 Hongkong Hong-Kong

14 infuence influence

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17 colaboration collaboration

17 auspicies auspices

19 Arrellano Arellano

20 implantion implantation

20 confortably comfortably

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24 banquetting banqueting

24 habour harbor

24, 158 privelege privilege

24 ticture tincture

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25 criticised criticized

25 hypocricy hypocrisy

26, 26 archipielago archipelago

26 Archipiélago Archipelago

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27 disolved dissolved

28 reassumed re-assumed

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30 11.29 1129

30 demarkation demarcation

30 recrute recruit

31, N.A., 125 af of

31 decadescence decadence

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33 fine time

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40 extravagancies extravagances

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48, N.A., 84, 173, 243 ” [Deleted]

49 determided determined

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51 regimeut regiment

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60 vevenge revenge

61 mumber number

62 : ;

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67 essencial essential

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68 clased classed

68 and and and

68, 124 avarage average

68 liberity liberty

68 soverign sovereign

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69 disasterous disastrous

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69 deseminated disseminated

70 irrevelant irrelevant

70 wiriting writing

70 syntesis synthesis

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72 neces sary necessary

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73 forment foment

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73 tercely tersely

73 ma-maintained maintained

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75 free-wiil free-will

75, 94, N.A. secondry secondary

75 freewill free-will

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79 Catedral Cathedral

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79 Mannel Manuel

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92 Villaruel Villareal

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97 soverignty sovereignty

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101 eminate emanate

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103 7. 30 7:30

103 deporation deportation

104 Sr: Sr.

104 winchester winchesters

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113 labatory laboratory

114 demostrates demonstrates

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120 apendix appendix

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123 negritos Negritos

123 descernable discernible

123 may many

125 influencie influence

125 lessed lesser

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126 arab Arab

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128 exhange exchange

129 candour candor

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130 penality penalty

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137, 138, 282 Andres Andrés

137 inaccesible inaccessible

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144 sheeps sheep’s

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147 vigour vigor

147 beneficient beneficent

147, 253, 300 parishoners parishioners

147 entegrity integrity

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149 who who who

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150, 220 tendancies tendencies

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153 essencially essentially

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156 sof of

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156, 210 1.143 1,143

157 reqularly regularly

158 peoples people’s

159 Blumentrit Blumentritt

159 strops stoops

159 innoffensive inoffensive

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160 colaborators collaborators

161 Apendix Appendix

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162 Peninsular Peninsula

162 desemination dissemination

162 gotten got

164, 165, 189, N.A., 195 [Not in source] ”

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165 to to to

165, 208 1.138–1.143 1,138–1,143

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167, 194, 196, 196 1.299 1,299

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167 Ongjunco Ongjungco

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170 differred differed

171 asssasination assassination

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178, 259 emisaries emissaries

180, 220 millonaire millionaire

180 van-guard vanguard

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190 outhorities authorities

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208 intermediatory intermediary

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209 ambasador ambassador

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216 Japones Japonés

216 aquaintances acquaintances

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220 searcely scarcely

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221 have have have

222 it is

222 intented intended

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223 organisims organisms

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225 1.131 1,131

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227 bannar banner

228 revolutionanary revolutionary

228 [Not in source] )

229 do do do

230 civil Civil

230 masony masonry

231, 275 mexican Mexican

234 semi savages semi-savages

235, 248 ; :

236 suprise surprise

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239 mement moment

240 clases classes

242 siezed seized

244 1.381 1,381

244 1.382 1,382

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244 cuting cutting

245 expence expense

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245 proportion portion out

245 nett net

245 planed planned

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249 continal continual

249 beastial bestial

250 mahomedans Mohammedans

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256 incission incision

257 night might

257 6.000 6,000

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258 evangelica evangelical

259 garote garrote

259 councilled counselled

261 writer written

261 ocassion occasion

261 of Ministers of Ministers of Ministers

261 [Not in source] :

262 birth-day birthday

262 fountation foundation

264, 322 the The

265 Spanniards Spaniards

267 admiting admitting

268 Medecine Medicine

269 carryiug carrying

269 sllence silence

270 Boniiacio Bonifacio

270 resignatfon resignation

270 filipina Filipina

271 immediateiy immediately

272 immediataly immediately

272 [Not in source] of

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275 seperatism separatism

278 frem from

278 cannabistic cannibalistic

279 seperate separate

281 trops troops

281 ti it

282 loose lose

283 katipunan Katipunan

283 ef of

284 Diua Dina

284 Arelano Arellano

285 peoples, people’s

286 sel self

288, N.A. tagalogs Tagalogs

288 annoint anoint

288 annointed anointed

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291 they thy

292 sacrifiece sacrifice

293 countted counted

295 discusion discussion

295 tussel tussle

298 loosing losing

298 the to

298 lithograpic lithographic

300 repentence repentance

300 abbetor abettor

300 Patino’s Patiño’s

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305 fraganti flagrante

306 facinated fascinated

306 Perez Pérez

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307 dont don’t

310 irrepresible irrepressible

310 it in

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311 everflow overflow

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322 on On

322 wifes wives

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324 Arcbishop Archbishop

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325 irremissably irremissibly

326 manifestors manifestos

327 descredit discredit

328 pretentions pretensions

328 symbolical symbolic

328 imformation information

328 secretery secretary

329 pervent prevent

330 lighting lightning

330 persue pursue

331 abreviations abbreviations

331 medecine medicine

331 an a

332 notice noticed

333 marvellous marvelous

333 assasissination assassination

334 bigotted bigoted

334 council counsel