From Four Nodes of History: The Human Rights Challenge in the Philippine Security Sector Spanish revolution (who held great influence in the Spanish bureaucracy and army), monarchists were able to return to power in Spain. The return of repressive measures in the Philippines triggered the launching of the first national revolution in the Philippines. The launch hit a snag, however, when the fireworks in a Sampaloc fiesta were mistaken by those in the Cavite naval yard as a signal for the start of a coordinated uprising in Manila and Cavite. Spanish liberals that included Miguel Morayta. Many of these exiles continued with their liberal advocacies, tying up with the Masonic Lodges in Europe. Many of them remain faceless and nameless. The suppression of the uprising which became localized and known as the Cavite Mutiny and its aftermath, the execution of the popular priests Gomez, Burgos and Zamora, paved the way for national consciousness to seep in. Morayta recruited Marcelo H. del Pilar and many Filipino students who formed the core of the Propaganda Movement. Del Pilar became the leader of Filipino ilustrados in Spain. The 1896 Revolution 1. How did educated Filipinos (Ilustrados) organize and prepare for another libertarian revolution? After the Cavite Mutiny, many liberals were exiled to the Marianas and far away islands. After serving their terms, they established themselves in Hong Kong, Japan, Spain and London. Antonio Ma. Regidor had managed to escape and based himself in England where he coordinated with 34 Filipino émigrés and students who went to Spain were systematically introduced to libertarian ideas and recruited to Free Masonry through the efforts of Morayta and Regidor. Before he left the Philippines in 1888, del Pilar organized a little known secessionist organization called El Cinco. It is believed that the group included del Pilar’s most trusted political allies: his brother-in-law Deodato Arellano (who would become the first President of the Katipunan) and former classmates Mariano Ponce (member of the Hong Kong revolutionary junta, who headed the 3 arms landing attempts from Japan during the resumption of the Philippine Revolution in 1898, and 2 attempts during the Philippine-American War), Pedro Serrano Laktaw (who headed the organization of Masonic Lodges in the Philippines) and Apolinario Mabini (who became the key adviser and headed the Aguinaldo revolutionary cabinet).