Opening with the governor-general’s 1896 telegram announcing the discovery of a vast secret society in Manila, this account builds its case from the statement of Captain Olegario Diaz and testimony in the Spanish proceedings. It presents the Katipunan’s oaths, rituals and organisation as the offspring of Filipino freemasonry, and adds appendices of documents.
Openly hostile to the revolutionaries, it is a partisan colonial source, best read beside Filipino accounts such as Aguinaldo’s. Download the free EPUB.