Chapter I: Preface

The following pages originally appeared as magazine articles. In both England and America the papers were favorably received; and as the public has not heard the last of the Friars in the Philippines, it seemed worth while to reproduce them in the more permanent form of a small volume, making such corrections and additions as might be deemed advisable. Whatever may be the shortcomings of the book, there is a real and pressing need for the information it contains, and this need must remain the excuse for its imperfections. A fair consideration of the facts it presents is confidently expected from a people whose love of justice is almost proverbial: Truth should have nothing to fear from Americans.

May 5, 1899.

CONTENTS.

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I. The Work of the Religious Orders in the Philippines 7
II. The Charges made against Them considered 37
III. The Rebellion Largely the Work of a Secret Organization 60
IV. The Rebels and Their Grievances 86
V. The Sectarian Missionary Movement 99
Postscript 116

APPENDIX.

I. A Short Account of Missions in China, conducted by the
Dominican Friars of the Philippines 122
II. Extracts relating to the Friars, from the Official
Correspondence of Generals Weyler and Moriones 124
III. The Work of Freemasonry in South and Central America 129
IV. Interview with Augustinian Friars 138
V. Letter from a Friar in the Power of the Rebels, to a
Friend in Manila 145
VI. The Rev. Mr. Hykes on Burial Fees, and the Paco
Cemetery outside Manila 149

THE FRIARS IN THE PHILIPPINES.