Editing Katipunan (section)

====Foreign members of the Katipunan====
Attracted by the universal appeal of the [[Kartilya ng Katipunan|Katipunan's Kartilya]], several members who were not native Filipinos joined the Katipunan or, later, the [[Philippine Revolutionary Army]] (PRA) in the spirit of national liberation. Among the foreign-born Katipuneros were General [[Juan Cailles]], a half [[Indian people|Indian]] (From India) and [[French people|French]]<ref>National Historical Institute; Historical Markers: Regions I-IV and CAR. Manila: National Historical Institute, 1993.</ref> mestizo; General Jose Ignacio Paua,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bibingka.com/phg/paua/|title=HughesNet vs Viasat Satellite Internet|website=www.bibingka.com}}</ref> a full-blooded Chinese; African-American PRA Captain [[David Fagen]] who defected from the Americans to join the Filipinos due to his disgust of racism and imperialism; Captain Camillo Richairdi, an Italian who joined the rebel Filipinos; and [[Vicente Catalan]], a Cuban [[Criollo people|Criollo]] captain who became the first Admiral of the Philippine Navy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://philippinenavy.tripod.com/history.html|title=History of the Philippine Navy}}</ref> A large number of former Latin-American officers in the Spanish army from [[Mexico]], [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Peru]], [[Chile]], [[Argentina]], and [[Costa Rica]] were dismissed in the context of the [[Andres Novales]] uprising, one of the precursors of the Philippine revolution. These Latin-American-born officers moved to the Philippines to serve in the military and allied with the revolutionaries.<ref>[http://adoborepublic.net/live-local-mexico/filipinos-in-mexican-history/filipinos-in-mexicos-history-4/ Filipinos In Mexico's History 4 (The Mexican Connection – The Cultural Cargo Of The Manila-Acapulco Galleons)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804134705/http://adoborepublic.net/live-local-mexico/filipinos-in-mexican-history/filipinos-in-mexicos-history-4/ |date=August 4, 2020 }} By Carlos Quirino</ref> There were also several Spanish and American defectors to the Philippine side during the Philippine War of Independence and the [[Philippine–American War]]. To add to these were the Japanese militants supporting the Katipunan and the First Republic among which include Lieutenant Saburo Nakamori and Captain Chizuno Iwamoto who served on President Emilio Aguinaldo's staff.<ref>Consistency Is the Hobgoblin: Manuel L. Quezon and Japan, 1899–1934 by Grant K. Goodman, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Mar. 1983), p. 79.</ref> Nevertheless, there was friction between the Masons from the United States and France against the Masonic associated Katipunan as the first President of the [[United States]], [[George Washington]]{{sfnm|Chernow|2010|1pp=132, 500|Morrison|2009|2p=136|Stavish|2007|3pp=xix, xxi |Immekus|2018}} was once a Mason, but the nascent [[First Philippine Republic]] which the Katipunan founded went to war against the same Masonic-led United States in the [[Philippine-American War]], and furthermore, the treaty which sealed the American invasion of the Philippines was concluded in the [[1898 Treaty of Paris]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philippine-American War {{!}} Facts, History, & Significance |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Philippine-American-War |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> The Revolution and the Philippine–American War caused many deaths but eventually, America granted the Philippines Independence after [[World War 2]].