2 ND JOURNEY

1888-1892
 TRIP IN HONGKONG
• Dr. Jose Rizal left Manila for Hongkong
on board the Zafiro.
• February 8, 1888 – Rizal arrived in Hong Kong.
• Victoria Hotel – Rizal stayed while in Hongkong.

• His fellow Filipinos Jose Maria Basa, Balbino

Mauricio and Manuel Yriarte, who were all exiled
in 1872.

• He was able to study the Chinese language, Chinese drama and

theater, Chinese cultures and Chinese values.

• Jose Sainz de Varanda – a Spaniard, who was a former secretary of

Governor General Terrero, shadowed Rizal movement in Hongkong.
• February 18, 1888 - He visited Macao, explored various places, and
stayed at Don Juan Francisco Lecaroz’s house.

• On February 20, 1888, he returned briefly to Hong Kong.

• He left for Japan on Board the SS Oceania on February 22,

1888.
 TRIP TO JAPAN AND SHORT ROMANCE
WITH O-SEI-SAN

• February 28, 1888 - Rizal arrived in

Yokohama, Japan and registered at
the Grand Hotel.

• February 29, 1888 - Rizal went to

Tokyo and stayed there.
• Invited by Juan Perez Caballero to live
at Spanish Legation

• Rizal visited the provinces, studied

Niponggo, Japanese art, culture, and
etc.
• Rizal appreciated the cleanliness,
politeness, and industry of the
Japanese.
• Rizal met Osei-San then left on April
13, 1888.
 TRIP TO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

• April 28, 1888 – Rizal arrived in San

Francisco Port on Saturday morning
through the ship of Belgic, the entire boat
was quarantined when it stopped in San
Francisco because accordingly, the ship
came from a country where Cholera was
epidemic.

• On may 4, 1888 - after a week of the quarantine, Some passengers were Allowed to
disembark, except for the Japanese and Chinese passengers who were Quarantined
for a longer period.
• In San Francisco on May 4, 1888, Rizal registered at the Palace Hotel, a first
class hotel in the city for 2 days.

• On May 6,1888 -Sunday, Rizal left San

Francisco for Oakland, 9 miles across San
Francisco Bay, just by a ferry boat.
• Early the following morning (May 7) he
had a breakfast at Reno, Nevada, the
“Biggest Little City in the World.”
• From May 7-13, 1888, Rizal went to
different cities in America like Reno,
Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Illinois
(Chicago), Albany, and New York City, he
saw the famous Niagara Falls.
• May 13, 1888 – Rizal reached New York and
stayed for 3 days. Rizal called it as “The Big
Town”. He visited the memorial George
Washington, and other scenic and historic
places.

• May 16, 1888 – he left New York for Liverpool

and board the City of Rome. He also visited the
Colossal Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island.
 TRIP IN LONDON
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND
• Rizal arrived on May 24, 1888.

ADELPHI HOTEL
• Rizal stayed at Adelphi Hotel for
a day.
DR. ANTONIO MARIA REGIDOR
• He welcomed Rizal on May 25, 1888

RIZAL CHOSE TO LIVED IN LONDON FOR

A REASONS:
1. He wanted to enhance his knowledge on the
English language
2. Study on Antonio Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas
Filipinas
3. To do research on the Philippine history
4. To continue to write for La Solidaridad in
defense of his people against the Spanish
tyranny.
DR. REINHOLD ROST

• Librarian of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in England

and an authority on Malay languages and customs
• The one who allowed Rizal to undertake research to
British Museum
• Inspired Rizal to contribute two articles in the Asian
Studies Journal Trubner’s Record on May 1889
- Specimens of Tagal Folklore
- Two Eastern Fables
 BECKETT FAMILY
• Rizal transferred and became a boarder.

GOOD AND BAD NEWS FROM THE PHILIPPINES

1. Persecution of his fellow Filipinos who signed the Anti-Friar Petition of 1888 that was submitted
to Queen Regen for the expulsion of the friars in the Philippines;
2. Persecution of the tenants of Calamba, including the Rizal family and relatives because of their
petition for the reforms in the government;
3. The exile of Rizal’s brother-in-law, Manuel T. Hidalgo, in Bohol;
4. Furious attacks of the Spanish senators;
5. The arrest of Rizal’s friend, Laureano Viado, for keeping copies of Noli Me Tangere in his home;
6. The good news that Rev. Vicente Garcia defended the Noli against the attacks of the friars.
 PARIS
• Rizal went to Paris earlier in September 1888 to
continue his research on the Philippine History
in the Bibliotheque Nationale.

• Rizal polished the annotated version of Antonio

Morga’s SECESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS

VALENTIN VENTURA
• Rizal stayed in the house of Valentin Ventura
• On December 24,1888. Rizal spent his Christmas
and New Year with the Beckett family
• Rizal sent to Blumentritt as a Christmas gift a bust of Emperor
Augustus which he had made .
• As another present, he sent to Dr. Carlos Czepelak a bust of Julius
Caesar Mrs. Beckett, knowing of his interest in magic, gave Rizal a
book entitled "The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox, the
Ventriloquist

• Gertrude Beckett, known by her nicknames

Tottie and Sissie. Like Segunda Katigbak,
Gertrude was small and chubby
• Rizal was interested with Gertrude because they had close
relationship and have a happy family.

• Rizal was also welcomed by Juan Luna and his wife in

London.

• Rizal visited Madrid

and Barcelona again
on December 1888 • The Inauguration of
and there he first met Asociacion La Solidaridad
Marcelo H. del Pilar on December 31,1888,
which was founded by
and Mariano Ponce,
Graciano Lopez Jaena in
the leaders of the
Barcelona on February
Propaganda 15, 1889.
Movement.
Dr. Jose P. Rizal IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

On January 28,1890, Rizal left Paris for Brussels, Belgium. He

was accompanied by Jose Alberto when he moved to
Brussels. While doing the chapters of the novel, he continued
to write articles for La Solidaridad and they were:

1. “ A La Defensa” (To la Defensa) on April 30, 1889 as his answer to an Anti-Filipino writing of
Patricio de la Escorura;
2. “La Verdad Para Todos” (The Truth For All) on May 31, 1889 as his reply against the Spanish
accusations that the Filipino officials were ignorant and immoral;
3. “Vicente Barrantes’ Teatro Tagalo” on June 15, 1889;
4. Barrantes’ ignorance on the theatrical art of the Tagalog;
5. “Una Profanacion” (A Profanation) on July 31, 1889 as his attack against the friars for ignoring
and not allowing Christian burial for his brother-in-law, Mariano Herbosa;
6. “Crueldad” (Cruelty) on July 31, 1889 defending Blumentritt from mocking and insulting attacks of his
rivals;

7. “Verdades Nuevas” (New Truths) on August 15, 1889, that because of the letter written by Vicente Belloc
Sanchez, saying that if reforms were granted, it will start in the destruction of the peaceful ruling of the friars
in the Philippines;

8. “Diferencias” (Differences) on September 15, 1889 in response of the attacks of the article, saying mean
and bad comments to the Filipinos who were then protesting for reforms from the Spanish government;

9. “Inconsequencias” (Inconsequences) on November 30, 1889 to defend Antonio Luna against the attacks of
Pablo Mir Deas’s article in El Pueblo Soberano, a newspaper in Barcelona;

10. “LLanto y Risas” (Tears and Laughters) on November 30, 1889 as Rizal’s way of saving the Filipinos from
the Spaniards racial prejudice;

11. “Ingratitudes” (Ingratitudes) on January 15, 1890 in response to Governor- General Weyler’s words, that
people of Calamba should not be fooled by empty promises of their ungrateful sons.
 • To sustain his living condition in Brussels,
Rizal practiced and treated patients as a
Surgeon.

• Rizal spent too much time in writing his

second novel El Filibusterismo and articles for
La Solidaridad, unlike the Noli me tangere.

• Rizal had been hearing news from Juan Luna

and Valentin Ventura that his fellow Filipinos
in Spain were too much into gambling.
 • Rizal sent a letter to Marcelo H. del Pilar on May
28,1890, asking him to remind the Filipinos in
Madrid that they are not to gamble in Europe but
to work for the freedom of the Philippines.

• Rizal received bad news coming from home that his

family and relatives were forced to leave and go to
different places, because the Calamba land
worsened, That the Dominican management raised
the rents for the land.

• This was the reason why the tenants, including

Rizal’s father, refused to pay the rent, which
resulted for the filing of a case by the Dominicans to
strip the ownership of Calamba land from the Rizal.
 • Rizal wrote a poem entitled “A Mi Musa” (To My
Muse) to address his disappointments on the land
problems of Calamba. This poem was published in La
Solidaridad with Laong Laan as Rizal’s pen name on
December 15, 1890.

• While in Madrid, Rizal attended a gathering of

Filipinos where he had a fight with Antonio Luna
and dared Wenceslao Retana to a duel.

• The Asociacion Hispano Filipino was formed, led by Dr.

Miguel Morayta.
• To decide what is the goal of the propaganda, they
initiated an election for a leader, between Rizal and
Marcelo.

• On February 1891, Rizal arrived in Biarritz, France. He

was entertained by the Boustead family. He once again
had an affection to Nelly Boustead. He finished his
second novel El Fili on March 29,1891.

• On March 30,1891, the revision of the novel was

completed, ready to be published anytime soon.
 LIFE IN HONG KONG

HONG KONG
- After he went to Hongkong publishing the El Filibusterismo in Europe
Jose Ma. Panganiban (Jomapa)
- Rizal's friend who died because of Tuberculosis
- On November 20, 1891, Rizal arrived in Hongkong and decided to practice medicine through
the association of Dr. Lorenzo P. Marquez.
While in Hongkong :
- He translated "The Right of Man" written in French into Tagalog "Ang mga Karapatan ng Tao"
- He wrote articles entitled, A La Nacion Españolia (To The Spanish Nation) and Sa Mga
Kabayan (To My Countrymen)
- He started to write the constitution of La Liga Filipina through the help of Jose Ma. Basa.
La Liga Filipina aimed for:
• the unity of the whole archipelago into one body
• common protection in every want and necessity
• protection against all forms of violence and injustice
• stimulation of instruction
• agriculture and commerce
• and the undertaking of study and application and reforms
Unus Instar Omnium
- motto of the league meaning One Like All
Three Organizational Council
• popular
• provincial
• supreme
• Before going back to the Philippines, he sought to see Governor-General Eulogio
Despujol on his North Borneo project because the latter does not have a
response to it.
• Rizal and his sister Lucia left Hong Kong and returned to Manila in 1892.
• Despite the warnings and his family’s disapproval, Rizal arrived on June 26, 1892
and immediately went to visit his friends in Central Luzon.
• He encouraged them to join the La Liga Filipina but sadly, a few days after the
Liga’s formation, Rizal was captured and brought to Fort Santiago on July 6, 1892
for the accusation that he brought with him from Hong Kong
• Leaflets entitled “Pobres Friales” or poor friars a satire against the rich
Dominican friars and their accumulation of wealth, which was against their vow
of poverty. Though untrue, Rizal was exiled in Dapitan, Mindanao.
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