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informed me that when these troops, amounting to six or seven thousand men, reach their destination, he did not anticipate much difficulty in quelling the insurrection which he said was now confined to the single province of Cavite.
As constant allusions are being made in the Press to the part which is supposed to have been taken by the Japanese, and the secret societies, in originating and fomenting the insurrection, I asked His Excellency if there was any truth in these reports.
He replied that from the information supplied by the Legation at Tokio he had no reason to think that the Japanese had played any part in the conspiracy, but as regards the Freemasons he was quite sure that they had exerted considerable influence, as he had in fact proofs of their interference, and that they acted in connection with the Freemasons in Spain.
I asked His Excellency whether he thought the Freemasons had played any part in the Cuban Insurrection. He answered that he thought it very possible