Chapter 14: Rizal in London (1888-1889)

· On board steamer to london, Rizal impressed the passengers with his yo- yo a wooden disc attached to a
string from the fingers. A toy for Filipino boys but manipulated as a weapon of offense
· Lived in the boarding house of Beckett family at No.37 Chalcot Crescent Primrose Hill
· had a romantic relationship with "gettie" or Gertrude Beckett
· Impressed Dr. Reinhold Rost a librarian of the ministry of foreign affairs that he was called " pearl of a man"
· Good news from home
o Fr. Vicente Garcia 's defense of the noli
· Bad news from home
o Persecution of Fil. Patriots
o Persecution of the calamba tenants
o Attacks on Rizal
o Exile of Manuel Hidalgo
o arrest and detention of Laureano Viado
· Greatest achievement is annotating of Morga's book Sucesos
· Searched for historical materials in Bibliotheque nationale while in Paris
· Become a leader of Filipinos in Europe forming a society called Asociacion la Solidaridad
· Graciano Lopez Jaena founded the patriotic newspaper la solidaridad - official organ of the propaganda
movement
Aims:
§ To work peacefully for political and social reforms
§ To portray the deplorable condition of the Philippines
§ To oppose the evil forces of reaction and medievialism
§ To advocate liberal ideas and progress
§ To champion the legitimate aspirations of the Filipinos to life,democracy and happiness
· while in london he wrote " a letter to the young women of malolos"
Main points were for Fil. Mothers:
 to teach their children love of god, fatherland and mankind
§ to offer his son as a defense of the fatherland
§ to Preserve her dignity and honor
§ to educate herself and retain her good racial virtues
§ to live the Christian way with good morals and manners
Sculptural works in London
§ Prometheus bound
§ The triumph of death over life
§ The triumph of science over death
§ A composite carving of the heads of the Beckett sisters

Chapter 15: Rizal’s Second Soujorn in Paris and the Universal Exposition of 1889

· While in Paris to attend the universal exposition, Rizal lived with his friend Valentin Ventura at No. 45 Rue
Maubeuge
· Organized the Kidlat club - a social society of temporary nature to bring together the Filipinos in Paris
· Organization of the club indios bravos as inspired by the brave american indians - it replaced the Kidlat club
· Organization of the R.D.L.M society a mysterious group of the Universal exposition
· As a historian searched for historical materials in the British Museum while in London
· Projects conceptualized in Paris but were not pushed through – International Association of Filipinologist &
Filipino College in Hong Kong
· Por Telefono a satirical work in defense of another slanderer Dr. Salvador Font

Chapter 16: In Belgian Brussels (1890)

 Rizal left Paris and moved to Brussels. He lived with Jose Albert at no 35 Rue Philippe Champagne, owned by
the Jacoby Sisters
 While in Brussels he continued his 2nd novel and wrote articles for La Solidaridad. These were:
 “A La Defensa” (To La Defensa)
 “La Verdad Para todos”(The Truth for all)
 “Vicente Barrantes’ Teatro Tagalo”
 “Una Profanacion” (A Profanation)
 “Verdades Nuevas” (New Truths)
 “Crueldad” (Cruelty)
 “Diferencias”(Differences)
 “Inconsequencias” (Inconsequences)
 “Llanto y Risas” (Tears and Laughter)
 “Ingratitudes”(Ingratitudes)
 Bad news from home
 dispossession of Rizal family of their lands in Calamba
 Deportation of his brother in laws to Mindoro