Christian Cynosure . n organization vaster than theItalian Mafia or Camorra, more cunningthan the Hindoo thugs/more bold thanthe Russian Nihilists. Organized undera patriotic instinot, it veils itself in mys-tery, puts the punishment of death uponany member who disobeys its order or re-veals its secrets and laughs at the ban ofthe church. The Kataastaasan Kagalanggalang,Katipunan, whose banner bears thedreaded insignia of K. K. K., has beenin existence for only five years. So five years ago the Katipunan wasfounded. Its object was not a league ofleaders, but a league of an entire i
Christian Cynosure . n organization vaster than theItalian Mafia or Camorra, more cunningthan the Hindoo thugs/more bold thanthe Russian Nihilists. Organized undera patriotic instinot, it veils itself in mys-tery, puts the punishment of death uponany member who disobeys its order or re-veals its secrets and laughs at the ban ofthe church. The Kataastaasan Kagalanggalang,Katipunan, whose banner bears thedreaded insignia of K. K. K., has beenin existence for only five years. So five years ago the Katipunan wasfounded. Its object was not a league ofleaders, but a league of an entire included the rich and the members were in palaces and hov-els. To make secret everything that wasdone they bound every member by themost terrible oaths. , If he revealed a secret of the order—death! If he disobeyed a command of the or-der—death! He was not to know his superiors; hewas to kill Spaniards whenever biddento do so, and not until then. Implicitobedience was, in a word, the meaningof the —From San Francisco Call. To impress the imaginations of the ig-norant there were horrid rites of initia-tion. There was the symbolism of thepainted curtain, from behind which pro-truded two arms, one hand grasping asevered head and one a dripping dagger. No one need be able to read to see themeaning, to see that this meant the stab ofi an unknown assassin. In all the his-tory of secret society but one other sym-bol so striking was ever painted—the All-Seeing Eye of the Early Mor-mons. The new member signed the roll of theorder with his blood; its mark was cutupon his body; he armed himself with atiny dagger; thenhe went about his dailybusiness waiting orders. Andres Bonifacio, who led in foundingthe Katipunan; was a patriot of pure andlofty purpose, but a secret society whoseheads are unknown and whose membersare sworn in obedience tends to degen-erate into an engine of private vengeanceand a means of mere murder. There was a government spy namedAguedo del Ro
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