Rizal leaving the

Philippines for the

Second Time
Hounded by powerful
enemies, Rizal was forced
to leave his country for the
second time in 1888.
He was 27 years old, a
practicing physician, and a
recognized man of letters.
Rizal in Hong
Kong and Macau
Rizal left via the steamer Zapiro bound for
Hong Kong.
The first stop over of the ship was in Amoy
Rizal did not get off the ship for the
following reasons:
He was not feeling well
It was raining hard
He heard that the city is dirty.
Hong Kong
A British colony
Victoria Hotel
He met Jose Maria Basa,
Balbino Mauricio, and
Manuel Yriarte (son of the
alcalde mayor in Calamba)
Jose Sainz de Varanda
 A Spaniard and former
secretary of Governor-General
Terrero shadowed Rizal’s
movement in Hong Kong.
It is believed that he was
commissioned by the Spanish
authorities to spy on Rizal.
Description of Hong Kong
In his letter to Blumentritt: “is a small, but
very clean city.”
“Many Portuguese, Hindus, English, Chinese
and Jews.”
“There are some Filipinos exiled in Marianas
Islands since 1872, they were former
financiers and rich but now poor, gentle and
timid.”
Rizal in Macau
A Portuguese colony
near Hong Kong.
Rizal together with Basa
boarded a ferry named
Kiu-Kiang going to
Macau.
Jose Sainz de Varanda was among one
of the passengers
Rizal and Basa stayed in his house of
Don Juan Francisco Lecaros – a Filipino
gentleman who is married to a
Portuguese lady.
While in Hong Kong, he studied Chinese life,
language, drama and customs and found out the
following which he wrote in his diary:
 The lauriat party, wherein the guests were
served a variety of dishes, shows lavishness and
hospitality among the Chinese.
 Chinese New Year was quite very noisy
due to the continuous explosion of
firecrackers on the streets.
 The Dominican Order, the richest religious order
in Hong Kong, had millions of dollars deposited
in various banks earning very high interests.
 The graveyards for Catholics, Protestants
and Muslims were well maintained.
Rizal in Japan
The Land of the Cherry
Blossoms
Rizal left Hong Kong
on board of the
Oceanic, an American
steamer on his way to
Japan.
He arrived in
Yokohama, Japan and
stayed for one day in
Grand Hotel.
Rizal in Tokyo
After spending a day in Yokohama, Rizal went to
Tokyo and stayed in Tokyo Hotel for five days.
Juan Perez Caballero the secretary of the Spanish
legation visited him in the hotel inviting him to stay
in the Spanish legation.
Knowing that it is a plot to monitor him, Rizal
accepted the offer for the following reasons:
He could economize his living expenses
He had nothing to hide from the prying
eyes of the Spanish authorities.
He and Caballero became good friends.
In Japan, Rizal was embarrassed because he
did not knew how to speak Nippongo
(Japanese Language)
He was mistaken as an Europeanized
Japanese because he looks like a Japanese
and yet speaks in different tongue.
Rizal’s Impression of Japan
The scenic beauty of the country
The cleanliness, politeness and
industry of the Japanese people.
The picturesque dress and simple
charm of the Japanese women.
There were few thieves in Japan.
Beggars are rarely seen in the city
streets.
Rickshaw is a popular mode of
transportation which Rizal did
not like in Japan.
 Rizal and O-Sei-San
Seiko-Usui
A samurai’s daughter of 23
years old and had never
experienced true love.
A woman of beauty, charm,
modesty and intelligence.
Speaks French and English
When Rizal first introduced himself to her, he took
of his hat as a sign of respect ( A German custom)
O-Sei-San – was more than Rizal’s girlfriend for she
was his guide, interpreter and tutor.
She improved his knowledge of the Japanese
language.
She eases the pain left by Leonor Rivera.
Rizal fell greatly in-love with O-Sei-San that
he was tempted to leave the Philippines and
settle down in Japan.
He was offered a job in the Spanish Legation
Paciano – wrote to him reminding him of his
duty and why he left the Philippines in the
first place.
Rizal left Japan via the ship Belgic, an English
steamer in Yokohama bound for United
States.
It ended 45 days of his unforgettable stay in
Japan and his relationship with O-Sei-San.
O-Sei-San after Rizal’s
departure
Alfred Charlton – became the husband of O-Sei-
San in 1897, one year after Rizal was executed.
 He was a British teacher of chemistry in Peers’ School in
Tokyo.
They had a daughter named Yuriko, who married a
son of a Japanese senator
Seiko-Usui died in 1947 at age 80 and was buried
beside her husband.
Rizal in steamer Belgic
He met a semi-Filipino family – Mr. Reinaldo Turner
and his wife Emma Jackson, their children and maid
from Pangasinan.
Tetcho Suehiro – a fighting Japanese journalist,
novelist, champion of human rights, who was
forced by the government to leave Japan.
Tetcho Suehiro
Became a member of the
Japanese Imperial Diet
(Parliament)
Wrote to novels:
◦ Nankai-no-Daiharan (Storm
Over the South Sea) – 1891
resembling Noli Me Tangere
◦ O-unabara (The Big Ocean) –
1894 – resembling El
Filibusterismo
◦ Died in 1896 at age 49 due to
heart attack.
Rizal in United
States
Rizal in USA
Via the steamer
Belgic, Rizal arrived in
San Francisco, USA
on April 28, 1888.
Cholera – raging
epidemic in the Far
East according to the
Americans
All passengers are
quarantined for safety
Rizal was surprised
because there is no
outbreak of the
disease in the Far East,
thus he joined other
passengers in protest.
643 Chinese coolies
boarded the ship
the coolies from China
were displacing white
laborers in railroad
construction camp.
But Rizal was
questioning how come
700 bolts of silk were
unloaded without
fumigation.
After a week Rizal
together with other
first class passengers
were permitted to
land. But the
Japanese and the
Chinese and
passengers
belonging to the
second and thirds
class remained
aboard.
Rizal stayed in Palace Hotel (then a first class hotel)
in San Francisco
 He stayed there for two days
Grover Cleveland was the president when Rizal
visited the United States
Leland Stanford – the founder and benefactor of
the Stanford University was then a senator
representing California.
Rizal toured the United
States
Oakland – first stop via ferryboat
Via train
◦ Sacramento – where he ate his supper 75cents
and slept at his couch.
◦ Reno, Nevada – where he had his breakfast
◦ Utah – where he saw Mormons, thickly
populated
◦ Colorado – a lot of snow and pine trees
◦ Nebraska – Omaha City, as big as San Francisco
◦ Missouri River – twice as big as Pasig River
◦ Chicago – a lot of Indians in cigar stores
◦ Albany – where he saw the Hudson River
New York – which he considers a big city
Where he stayed for three days
He left the United States for Liverpool,
London on board the City of Rome, the
second largest ship in the world.
Great Eastern – largest ship in the world
during his time.
Rizal’s impression of
America (Good)
Material progress of the country as shown
in its cities, farms, and industries
The drive and energy of the Americans
The natural beauty of the land
The high standard of living
The opportunities for better life offered to
poor immigrants.
Rizal’s impression of
America (Bad)
Non-existence of true civil liberty, as Negro
cannot marry an American and vice versa.
The existence of racial prejudice as shown in
their hatred of the Chinese, Japanese and
Negroes.
The valuing of money over human life
America for Rizal
The land par excellence of
freedom but only for the whites.