ACTIVITY 3:

Briefly discuss Rizal’s European escapade and association with the propaganda
movement.

First tour of Dr. Jose Rizal is in Europe, wherein he wanted to travel for many
reasons. On May 3, 1882, Rizal left the Philippines for Spain to continue his medical
studies, he arrived in Barcelona on June 16, 1882. After a few months of stay in
Barcelona he then transfer to Madrid, the Spanish capital. In Europe he enrolled at
the Unibersidad Central de Madrid and took up two courses, such as Medicine and
Philosophy and Letters. While pursuing his studies at the university in Madrid, Rizal
was involved in a student demonstration. While in Spain our hero joined the
Masonry. Rizal had enlisted in the organization for the possible health the mason’s
got extend to him particularly by providing a protective shield in his fight against the
tyranny and exploitation of the Spaniard. Though he embraced the masonic
philosophy, Rizal did not break his faith in God. In 1883 Rizal received a diploma
given by an association of medical practitioners in Madrid for his superb knowledge
in medical science. On June 21, 1884, he was awarded the license sheet in medicine
but the diploma of doctor of medicine was not conferred on him. Having a license
sheet in medicine, Rizal was allowed to practice the medical profession, however, he
could not use the title Medical Doctor and ineligible to teach medical course. In the
year 1884, Rizal made his first public address by delivering a speech in honor of Juan
Luna and Felix Hidalgo for their triumphs in an international art exhibit held in
Madrid. On March 1887, the Noli Me Tangere was publish through the financial
assistance of Dr. Maximo Viola. Viola lent Rizal 300 pesos for the printing of 2,000
copies. On May 17 Rizal begun his tour of Europe with Viola, from Leitmeritz the two
tourists went to Prague, the two tourists parted at the Swiss Border. Before finally
going back to the Philippines, Rizal went to Italy and visited Turin, Milan, Florence,
and Rome.
On to the second tour of Rizal on Europe. On august 6, 1887, Rizal was back in his
motherland, he only had a short homecoming which lasted only for 6 months
because of the extreme crisis in Calamba. To ease the anxiety of his family and
friends, Rizal left the Philippines on February 3, 1888. Rizal arrived in Japan on
February 28, 1888. On April 18 of the same year, Rizal saw America for the first time.
He was impressed with the wealth and beauty of the place. Our hero had a good
impression of America, but sad to say he did not like the Americans. Rizal had an
unpleasant experience with the American immigration system, he complained about
the excessively strict customs and immigration procedure in California. Rizal
regarded this measure as embarrassing and discriminating. After passing through the
United States, Rizal proceeded to London. In May of 1888, Rizal began annotating
Antonio de Morga’s book entitled “Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas”. Our hero spent
most of his time at the British library to work on his annotation. For a while, Rizal
went Paris to look for more historical documents in the Biblioteque Nationale. Rizal’s
purpose was to inspire awareness among the Filipinos of the impressive history of
our country. The annotated book was published in Paris in 1890.
The Filipino compatriots organized the Asociacion La Solidaridad in Barcelona on
December 31, 1888. Rizal became part of the propaganda movement which called
the Assimilation of the Philippines. He was unanimously chosen as the honorary
president of the said association. On January 12 1889, the Asociacion Hispano-
Filipina that was organized in Madrid to work for reforms. The primary organizer was
Prof. Miguel Morayta who was consequently elected as president. Not all Spaniards
were regarded as adversaries, some of them were avid sympathizers of the Filipinos.
On February 15, 1889, La Solidaridad was born in Barcelona with Graciano Lopez
Jaena as its editor. The La Solidaridad served as the paper used by the reformists in
expressing their political ideas and the views about the Philippines. In the middle of
March 1889, Rizal moved to Paris to continue his research work and began writing
for La Solidaridad. During his stay in Paris, Rizal published 3 installments of his essay
“The Philippines within a Century”. That year Rizal received unpleasant news from
the Philippines, he learned that Governor General Terrero ordered the prohibition of
the Noli Me Tangere. He was also informed that the Calamba tenants and of those
who took part in the public demonstration headed by Doroteo Cortes were
persecuted. Furthermore, Rizal was told about the eviction of his parents. Rizal
called for the Filipinos to stand against the abuse and injustice committed by the
Spaniards. He inexhaustibly wrote more articles for La Solidaridad and courageously
campaigned for its reforms. The Filipino compatriots accorded Rizal support, yet
their efforts proved to be useless. In 1890, Rizal published the fourth installment of
“The Philippines within a Century”. He also published another essay “The Indolence
of the Filipino”, in this article, Rizal argued against the claim of the Spaniards that
Filipinos by nature are lazy, according to him Filipinos are industrious people but lost
their appetite to work because of the maltreatment and usurpation of the Spaniards.
In 1891, a political disagreement between Rizal and Marcelo H del Pilar caused our
hero to withdraw from the organization, he then went to Paris before leaving for
Hong Kong. Rizal arrived in Hong Kong on November 20 1891. While in Hong Kong,
Rizal Practice his medical profession. Some members of his family who escaped from
the Philippines came to Hong Kong reunited with their family. In Hong Kong, Rizal
operated on his mother’s eyes for the second time. Through Jose Basa, Rizal became
acquainted with some well-known professionals in the place. Aside from practicing
medicine, he also spent part of his time in writing and translating into tagalog the
famous French declaration on the rights of man. Rizal wrote the constitution of La
Liga Filipina with Jose Maria Basa. The La Liga Filipina was an association of Filipinos
for civic and social cause.
ACTIVITY 3:
Briefly discuss Rizal’s European escapade and association with the propaganda
movement.
On May 3, 1882, Dr. Jose Rizal left the Philippines for Spain to continue his medical
studies. He arrived in Barcelona on June 16, 1882 and this was his first tour in Europe
begun. After his stay in Barcelona he then transfer to Madrid, which is the capital of
Spain. Then he enrolled at the Unibersidad Central de Madrid and took up two
courses, such as Medicine and Philosophy and Letters. While studying at the
university in Madrid, he was involved in a student demonstration. He also joined the
Masonry for the possible help he may receive from the masons, particularly by giving
him a protective shield in his fight against the tyranny and exploitation of the
Spaniards. Though he embraced the masonic philosophy, he did not break his faith in
God. On 1883, he received a diploma given by an association of medical practitioners
in Madrid and on June 21, 1884, he was awarded the license sheet in medicine but
the diploma of doctor of medicine was not conferred on him. Having a license sheet
in medicine, he was allowed to practice the medical profession, however, he could
not use the title “Medical Doctor” and his not allowed to teach medical course. On
the year 1884, he made his first public address in an international art exhibit held in
Madrid by delivering a speech in honor of Juan Luna and Felix Hidalgo. On March
1887, the Noli Me Tangere was publish through the financial assistance of Dr.
Maximo Viola. He lent Rizal 300 pesos for the printing of 2,000 copies of the Noli Me
Tangere. On May 17, Rizal begun his tour in Europe with Viola, from Leitmeritz the
two of them went to Prague, and parted at the Swiss Border. Before finally going
back to the Philippines, Rizal went first to Italy and visited Turin, Milan, Florence, and
Rome.
For his second tour, Rizal left the Philippines on February 3, 1888. He arrived in Japan
on February 28, 1888 and on April 18 of the same year, Rizal saw America for the
first time. He was impressed with the wealth and beauty of America, but sad to say
he did not like the Americans. After his stay in the United States, he then went to
London. On May of 1888, he starts annotating Antonio de Morga’s book entitled
“Sucesos De Las Islas Filipinas”. He spent most of his time at the British library to
work on his annotation. Then he went to Paris to look for more historical documents
in the Biblioteque Nationale. His purpose of his work was to inspire awareness
among the Filipinos of the impressive history of our country. The annotated book
was published in Paris on 1890.

On December 31, 1888, the Filipino compatriots organized the “Asociacion La

Solidaridad” in Barcelona. Rizal became part of the propaganda movement which
called the “Assimilation of the Philippines” and was unanimously chosen as the
honorary president of the association. On January 12 1889, the “Asociacion Hispano-
Filipina” was organized in Madrid to work for reforms and the primary organizer was
Prof. Miguel Morayta who was consequently elected as the president. Not all
Spaniards were regarded as adversaries, some of them were avid sympathizers of
the Filipinos. On February 15, 1889, La Solidaridad was born in Barcelona with
Graciano Lopez Jaena as its editor. The La Solidaridad served as the paper used by
the reformists in expressing their political ideas and the views about the Philippines.
In the middle of March 1889, Rizal moved to Paris to continue his research work and
began writing for La Solidaridad. During his stay in Paris, He published 3 installments
of his essay “The Philippines within a Century”. That year he received unpleasant
news from the Philippines that made him called for the Filipinos to stand against the
abuse and injustice committed by the Spaniards. He inexhaustibly wrote more
articles for La Solidaridad and courageously campaigned for its reforms. The Filipino
compatriots give their support to Rizal yet their efforts were useless. On 1890, Rizal
published the fourth installment of “The Philippines within a Century”. He also
published another essay “The Indolence of the Filipino”, in this article, Rizal argued
against the claim of the Spaniards that Filipinos by nature are lazy, according to him
Filipinos are industrious people but lost their appetite to work because of the
maltreatment and usurpation of the Spaniards. On 1891, Rizal and Marcelo H del
Pilar have a political disagreement that caused him to withdraw from the
organization. On November 20, 1891, he went to Hong Kong to practice his medical
profession. Some members of his family who escaped from the Philippines came to
Hong Kong to reunite with him, and there he operated his mother’s eyes for the
second time. Through Jose Basa, Rizal became acquainted with some well-known
professionals in the place. Aside from practicing medicine, he also spent part of his
time in writing and translating into tagalog the famous French declaration on the
rights of man. Rizal wrote the constitution of La Liga Filipina with Jose Maria Basa.
The La Liga Filipina was an association of Filipinos for civic and social cause.