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    WHO MADE JOSE RIZAL OUR FoREMOST NATIONAL HERO, AND WHY? By Esteban A. de Oca Dr, Joe Rial Merado y Alot ot snply ope iat (asia), sunquetonaly ie greta ero and marr et Sannin” Se dy of hist te dy of hs exciton te fitingly carraosted by al clases of axe peopl hong Oat the lent and rest os coury and eer y Pees ‘ed Uets fren bros. He ame isa byword in very Fue ino bee vile ni pte dors the oa eas an pet FBmey of wide: exeuton No ole Flpion er cat 2 fox ial othe nunber of moments eed in hs Honor; IE" sumer of tw bare and sets named fer Ha 5 the numero! lactone seteton, see, and trade ‘aes that boar iso: nthe number ef ero, beth apna, {a frig, yo were namel "Raat" ee "alin because tue pen eatin or the Gren lay, aod he Sumber laws Executive Oder ct Procamatns of the Chet Executive, end tlltng moran, and dlrs of bth the ‘hima cele snd pronto shee Who ir the lipne Te ae Eine hor che a tbl out ave trnueniy invoked and quned by aithers pbc ‘pesieson alor alccasane? None bit Real And why Pais to? Decne Horapbr Hala Palma si, “The Sette of lal aren ene eh bat aleve They fe sev today cu they wore Jstrday It conor bo mld {har ‘besnae the pla dels of ial’ have been chewed cau ofthe change of ston, te winds of hi ean orth rato hs dons tave cased ob opportune They feet TR SR Rae at tie ste a 0 ‘rang0-WHO MADE RIZAL OUR FOREMOST INO AND WHEE? 11 fortunately, however, there ae tl some Fiipines why entertain the belief Sat our Ral s'a“madesvorde” national ore and that the maker or manufacturer m th ease were the ‘Amican, petleuarly Civ Governor Wills Howard Taft ‘This wan done allegdiy Inthe ‘allowing manner “and now, get, yOu must ave makona bora ‘Then were mppecod 1b the wor eldeamed by Gov ‘nor Taft Messrs Pardo db Tavera, ear nd Lee ‘aga Figino members of t= Paiprioe Conmisien, ot hh Taft was ts Caza. Tl was furhar mpd that in the saber dsusion which tie Tn mers of te sorolaionary heres (ana Hl Paar Gran nents, and’ Andres BatlacoO.) “were conde tt fal holce—now unltersly acai et nas in. And so history was made This article will ettempt to answer two euestions) (2) Who wade Riza the foreast national hero athe Pilppines? sand (2) Why is Ras! our greatst national hero? Before pro- ming 2 toss thay iy wt Sta ie Be ‘pow the meaning of the er ero. According to Webster's New International Dictionary ofthe Bogie language, «hero i ‘roman cna! preg ak a sae pb any renatlable acon or event" Ale, "a person af sine {ulshed valor o°enterprue In danger ot fortitude Sn outerng” ‘Rod finally, bes "a mas Henered after doath hy pile worship, iteause of exceplonal service to mandknd” Why i Rizal a er nay, cur foemast national hero? He ‘sour greatest hero becaus tt towering figure fa the Prope sande Campaign, e tool én “admirable pate” in that nove: ‘nt whi roughly covered the period from 1842 to 1880.11 ‘we wore asked fo pis out 2 sagis work by 4 Filpno writer ‘ining this era which, nore han any other waiting, eoutioted tremondoaly to the fonsaion of Euipine national, we all sve no hslaton in chaosing Rua’ Nol Me Pengere (Bern, MIBI). Tels true that Pelco A. Paterno published is novel, ‘Ninay, tn Madea in B85; Marcelo Heel Pilar hs La Sera ‘Monacl jn Barcelona in 1889; Graciano Lope Zacna, his Dis. ‘perc yArticulos Verio, alo in Barcelona in 1891; and Antena Luna, his Tmpresiones in Base tn 1008, i none of these ‘ool had evoked auth favorable and usfavotable comments ote tends and oer alle a dd Rial’ Note ‘Typical of the eneomiums thit the ero recived oF hi pve rere tow he voseved from Antonio Maris Reider and Prof Ferdinand Blumentit.agidor, « Mipise xis of 1072 ‘in Landon, sid that "tho bode was superior” and that “if Don Galfste his made its author Immoral beeawe he exposed to the wor the sufferings of Spain, your Noli fe Tangere wil Deg you equal gary +." Bitoni afer reading aa’ oly wrote and eongraulsted ie author, saving among oer things! "our work az we Say, bas been ten With the blood of the heer Your work has exeseded my Topes and Peonider myaelf Happy to have been honored wit your fledship Not only, bat algo your country, may Tel [poy torhaving in you a patron lojal som If ou continue so you wil be fo your pple one of ne great men Wn wll eres diemiaie duces over We prgrem of ir «za hens and adver rased with ustiabe ride tho Noi and it author, bi enemies ere egualy loud and Bitar In attacking and condemning the some Perhaps no other work for wrung ef another Filipina author Ra, upto tis 4, aroused 4% much aerimonits debate not enly among our people but slso ‘among the reactionary foreigners at tue Nal of Rul. Inthe Philp the hero novel was sacked and eondemacd by Faculty Commitee of Manila sniversty end by the Permanent {Cena Commasion in 1687. ‘The Commitee said tat it found the book “heretical, impious, and seandalous to the re- Iigleas orden, and umpurotle and subversive to publle order, below to the Government of Spain and to its pital pliis ‘in thew tsands" walle tbe Commision recommended that the importation, repraeten, and cealation of this pericos ‘ba ithe alas bo abselatlyprohibitt’® Coming downto four time, during the Congressons! diseusions sod hearings uamgo-Wo MADE RIEHL OUR POREMDET HERO AND WHEY) 12 cn he Raa (or Roig 156 he romeo ‘onents ofthe bl alse exgeged therslves ina bites end long FPuwmcost deote thas Goal resulta i the enaciment of 0 ‘Gupromise measure, aow noes as Republic Act No. 142, "The atacks on Risa fet novel were cot ony confined the Phlippines put were lso saged in the Spansé eaptal ‘There, Seater Femando Vice, Deputy (and ocGeseral) Els Bisse ear Ale Cope of Wacensn clive a clo Co ae tect args Uline Peano ra aa yehcd Seat Home of Reprnetatvs in vr re ees ee pcty ofthe Pion for salegoversment He Ei has boon wld ft Mf Amerian nettons fH EDM Saine de than frist the world the earacter 4 dove tsi, tat alone woul ete tht to te Fx Sarre a Sei sy tal te who dean oe PGE ely barbarians and savage, wit eed tae tat the Cospoed Yes prove aA Os respet ad fo the rope of mana We esate to oe won the characte ef Soe Rial” The 1 fami peal of Reprsmsatve Cooper was Le ppv) Ty eitednly known the Pillpee Bil of 10% ‘he preceding paragraph have show. that ty the ol ‘tone Raa song contemporary, ad cine est po- fren tthe cnbl gure ofthe Propagsada Movement “Ait we ack the gution: Why did Rial boxe the seaint gin bra? Heuer in th te’ hub ono Sr Rlpne fs yet bon orn who Could equal e surpass Rel we ean of nnguted vlc oe enters fm dans ot ‘Brutbe nr utterng’ Of ca tke of our hoo, ets ‘thats Plpne alin Abescn Bgrapher sd at est kl ne” wre Rad Pl, sts empl ital He conga adores " stoma, suture vam 2c teres oder ck sty of ne of is ‘Ssting is neers acon ed hae eed fae ed ri ih hay, posers, adhe not Sedat hel ps mats. ah rte tin spces wes snes nth vie of persona! pro [pes oa pete tartan oad be retore of oe ‘Es ‘amiy and lo see hls postal aeons for at {eral be adden.” Ho hota ot Ms broth, et en his parents, bins whom he respected od renee bushel te cad Me acne a “We id not have ret mans his spor! to carey ‘at hs camp, bot at i not cscourgy fi: bo coe tect hima with what he ha He sled the gprs Si mr: tt vente eds pee seer on ise hs hope was oboe epatnd o c (ta, be compained at sone of tho who at prised ‘im help sa dot hey im, wt at ines, protoualy tine, he waned fo rene Ms camp oTere, Er wun ht sch macs ye ate so et cerfoted ant fied the Hak Of Dang te fron o is steng = Dr, Frank. Lauhach, an Amevean biog of spoke ofthe heros surge ia flowing wor Er is oesumine oppo wa th rtf i rd courage. Payscal couary fru, was one of ie tet eat Dut a ih soarag ong is hres, ieh he hs ace at cana be ied tn aa we fad rg hi ee hoy ‘moral so and fiber row Yea bf eae ase ced new Fes ad was fornd oe fate cos gad Ecarae to wr we ret el eng ngs ato ‘toe a he etn oy Dt sig tt lene ccango-WHO MADE IEAL OUR FOREMOST HERO AND WH 35 aint the most pont Interests fa bls ouatry an i SPan ox! tovring hl well tarpotsn would rte SESE Hr nad reseed amneher lotr platen of Dero tres he wrote trove ners in Horzkong, 70 be speeder Gre wn cod az the top” in Mia without any Sfocones "Teen i hs Dapitan en, whose was teed {Biescapa ad ead NOs ot cco ut nase of es {be tourlang years an when on th way to Cubs Peo Eo- {Be plondad with hs to stay efthe et et Singapore wena ‘Shaan evry aed sve is waa oer rape est ‘ine eased zeta answer ove aed ver say "NO, 10, Bow: ‘Wen te sonra sf cath an th ftefl moran BP be exeuton brug the nl fot, acer 10,1856, So raked wt perf eam othe Sig ine as thot Fis owe cole, the oly eros gue in Wat soe seme > ‘To the bigoted Spaniards in Spain and in the Philippines, ‘Riza was the ot ieeligent, most courageous and most dam. ‘eros cocmy ef to rnchonatie ad the tyrants therefore, Be ‘ould be sboe publicly in order to serve as an example ard & ‘Gaming to thre of hie Kind. This was the reson why Ral, ‘har betel moe ral, was sentenced to death end made 1 fice te fring squad at Bagumbayan Field, now the Lane, fa fhe eariy morning of December 0, 169. ‘And forthe third and ast tne, we repeat the question: Why fs Bizl the grestestFlpinn nero Unt ever lived? “Boose eee rnen hovered after dante by public worship, bese cf execplonl serve to mankind". "We can say that even be- ove ha execution, Ril was already acclaimed by both Fb ‘ines and, foreigners az the foremost lender of is pexple Weg" he ‘Creat ayn ous 13088, lrcelo He del Par slc:"Buzal yo tine ain derecho isu nocbcecontituye Iam pura @inmaculada tandera {as cplocionce y Plardl oe suyeno son ota cst mAs QU Anco volinarioa qoe miltan bajo esa bandera”™® Fernando ‘ited, cle Hal hie “gigi aie, compare sao”, wrote the Later fea Zaragora, Spain on October SsPiegg: seein you the model Filipino, your eppiestion to 16 isnonsoas noua mses say and your talents have placed you on a height which 1 ere and admire he Biolano De. Tomés Atgjola wrote Rial in Made, February 9, 1881, “your moral ine fluence over sa iedaputae"*' “ed Gullertoa Banta ‘Bulacan rot this bute to Rizal, ajing’ "Van guien ele pode (lamar) con razon, cabem tela dele figs, 4 compareion panera aio ridicule, porque pose le vistud Go Steacr consi eheonsdas Vluntads, sje it dstrdias y nee ila rear repro fe hes que ela Among the farignrs who recogloed Rizal asthe led Pipi chs tine were Bluest Hapalten MR Be Reitold fo, and Vicente Barvnter, Prot lamers tld De Maximo Viola in May, 187 tht “Rial was he gress prot ofthe Pn: and Gran oe ord ws he Sppearane of «tare comet, wine sare beicnce appears ey tee eran Atpcon 1 Rat ogee asa Tr land a pm n Vi dan mb ener ‘ee la Boat coloia"™ Dre How, dstiguied Mage lfsand Liraren of te Inia Otc enon called Res eee Perla de tombe” wile Dan Vieenta arrates had Yo at hat Rial as he ft among Be Piping Even before the outbreck of the Ravolition sgunst Spain ‘in 1096, many tnstances cam Le cited to prove thet fs county sen oe aod rcp Rats inp in i ewe tof 1869 he was unanimaslyelectod ty the Fipines tp Bas, (leva and Maar as honorary present ofthe La Salida 7 Some months later, it Pars, organized and became chet of the Indios Brave Tn Janiary, 1691, Real wae again eee ‘mousy chesen Resonate. (Chsf) of the Spank Flpine a ‘sxiations¥ He way els the founder and moving sick i the founcing ofthe Liga Filipina in Mla on uly, 10 ior als ws tat he revolutionary sey kan a the Xaupuna Hiei actnowedzed Ran esp ed sree ness hy making him iis Honorary President and by usin hs Tony ome Mal ws the pasword forthe theopee em tent ‘A year ser Rin's execution, General Elio Acunaldo and the other revolutionary chiels exiled fo Hongkong held © rnmeraive progam hee on Doser 2,180 onthe o= ‘han of le Org anniversary of the hero exeution so a ‘rao Cf utmost signe in the publ’ appreciation for Re sal trot labors in behalf of is people were he tributes ald fy the Revelutonary Goverment to his reemory. Te hs pening addres tthe Cmgrss nem Mae, Bulan, SE September 15,18, Prendent Aupaldotnvaed fhe spris Sf the departed heroes o he Patherlnd, thus ‘orn spits RIZAL Lopes Sena ot Maco del unr "fopst shots of Sub, Peo, ed Pangan! ‘ake gees of Arumalco(Cripulo—O), aod Trea, crNatdad snd Benga’ Anse a omedt fom Four ‘hen on December 2,108 atthe rvaatinary capital Malolos, President Aguinaldp ised the fest ofl prelama ton making December 90 of tat year ab “zal Day", ‘The samme procaarion ordered the bolting ofthe Fipino igs et Sct “trom 1:00 oon on December 29 to" 1200 noon on December 18 and ine closag of “al of fhe grea bent" during the whole day of December 503! Act, Inpresive al Day program, sponsored bythe Cab Fino, ‘ra held in Maia on Does 90, 16082 shold futher be sted tat tot the a Independencia edie by Gon Asti Lana sn he Bl aia do Revol ‘litt exgan of the Raveatonary Goverment, med ‘Seri sopplamect in honor of Bizl In ore oftheir Deseber ‘Ses in 1008 AS amo a i : i r ® orronoas tLe! womans ‘Two ofthe grostest lipino pels in the Spanish lan bait Going ers tte art of Bagumtaa a aco ‘Edger of ine hes ers and tei fore pos Fer ‘aida Ma. uersero wrote cu September 25,19, ths ‘noha uri, na ta ove destin tt coon, lo fags drm Youtube ater sen soe And Coc Apo om Dacor 30 of th re our, wrla ad a er 30 of the same roe acne oa as eit ia de abo ister ‘DS worl ta eco ‘Gecnnina ba coon ton ‘eee a singin it ger a uaeeren cae oe denies She racemes SLEEP SSvelMecre SS es, cre seer Snare ees mtuser ss marron coe Soot ee oy ees eee pet nt SR nan SS ‘tewor M, Bochner, Director o¢ the Ethnogragic Museum RNa eet one ea See eae Earweonsn Were Epis reana aartonay Seas cicero h ate este Red Gia aba coanoo_W uADE RIZAL OUR FOREMOST HERO AND WE? 19 thor of femora on the Phippines; DF. Pre Be ie Genes of Ven and a grt ruoest, ‘Store utc Stray moma who signe HD. Tek WE LESE2oh are tossing and commteteus binernty ot nis Hr Mant Wate, wre of Lapel; De Dts Betas peta ede. Dr oder, ola Gera Starelst ed autor of works on the fauna of e Path aaa be AB. Meyer recor of te anseat of Reo brsien wd ninent Pplolog 1 Oke EEik oe tee, Det a Brent a neszapes wberela De Ble rot aes De. Bd ear, anor in Get on of Bisa My a Free MH. W. Bet, sir Trehca glsh wes ir Joa Forman, autor <€ works (Bi pulipins, Hate G.M Mer,» Gorman mateo; SRR loge: a Swedish sovent who spoke and pub rE pon und ial Armand Lint sn aera ner Dr. Ac Poabvaky, ntable Gach ‘nso work on Ue Pies and De, a song tn en scien eis a nonot Ria, te one spomsored by the Antaroploical Society ae ee a Bt ete nate ef De RI of Beno resent, waa the mest important and siglfint, TREE fected the German tazlation of Rizals "My Last Pacewel” on tat osasion™* "The newapopes, agains, and other perils thse su hr cilae! world—in Germagy, Aussi, France, Holland ek ihe Uaited States, Japan, Hongkong, Maco, Szaapore, ‘Seiki, end ia Latin American countries—pubbibed ac Sine of Raals martyr in oder to render Ramage 10 is pastas id the Americans, expecially Governor Wilam H. Tat, cally chaoe Real out of several Fipinn patriots os the Nu er One Hero of ts eople? Noting cou be farther fom fhe Pein toe prseting para, we have shown Beyond the tha: ‘Bore druot thot the Great Maayan, by his own efforts end ‘Ross fer his oponesel eountryne, had project hmelt a asronrea, nonuere vant Ge focemast leader of the Philippines until the moment of ‘hs inmotion, and this fact was spontanousy cekaowladged at only by his own people tao hy the ee of eer sas who intimal knew spate Isors We ne Ukeansg stown that immediatly after his execs, is own people hel Jeol aclamed him a tele foremoet here ard maraye. The ‘ncellectual and scene word, as we have also demnrtcte, ae ac sow in aecording hi sips honors asa hero of haa, "ty and as an Aptos of Fresomn Me, Tat, as Chama of the Seo Philippine Commie sion, arzved fa the Plppnes ta June 1000." ‘Tais Commis: son began i legislative fanclns on Septem Ila se year. “On Jane i ofthe ensuing year the Pailppine Comoe ‘approved Act No, 31, which ergenizet “the polilcoriliey Aleit of Morong” into the "Province of Tisal™” This was FIRST OFFICIAL STRP akon bythe Taft Comission to hoot ‘ur greatest hero ad marie should bs borne find tat SIX DAYS before the passage of Act No. 17, the Tat Commis. ‘on eld‘ meeting at the town of Pasi forthe purpose of or. ‘Senizing the provines. Th that mesting attended by te lending ‘ites of bath Mana and Maron, pan wis presch et to coos, ins tho to tits Ino ane, bu Xe propose ee wil oar, ‘ninod and vigorous objection frre leaders of vung 8 tis nk” rds eames of Pring te Buk Coss eT fe Pl Ft ton vith eect provond fon baa Morons peovines. IE we is op that nea of fan ‘eter the sxe ot Norang nar hala ao ened ‘He fen stats the eum led road the Ul Staton ad ote coun oman porta cain ot

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