Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) THE FRIARS IN THE PHILIPPINES. By Rev. AMBROSE COLEMAN, O. P. Permissu Superiorum. Boston: Marlier, Callanan & Co. 1899. Copyright, 1899, By Marlier, Callanan & Co. C. J. Peters & Son, Typographers, Boston. 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. Chapter Page 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. CHAPTER I. THE WORK OF THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN THE PHILIPPINES.