 Rizal told Del Pilar he could not write

anymore for La Solidaridad

 He spent seven happy months in Hongkong
where his persecuted family joined him.
 He had lucrative medical practice.
 Won new friends
 Conceived the Filipino Colonization of Borneo
 Wrote freely without fear of persecution.
1. Life was unbearable in Europe due to
political differences with M.H. del Pilar
and other Filipinos in Spain;
2. To lead the Propaganda Movement in
HongKong, and
3. To be near his beloved Philippines and
Family
 Ocotber 18, 1891 – left Marseilles for Hongkong
on board the S.S. Melbourne
 Carried a letter of introduction for Manuel
Camus, a compatriot living in Singapore, written
by Juan Luna.
 Father Fuchs, a Tyrolese, he enjoye d palying
chess.
“He is a fine fellow a Father Damaso without pride
and malice.”
 German ladies treated him with admiration and
respect, for they had learned a that a brown-
skinned Asian could speak German well and be a
cultured gentleman.
 Arrived on November 20, 1891
 Jose Ma. Basa welcomed him
 He established his residence and opened his medical
clinic
 December 1, 1891 – wrote a letter asking his parents’
permisiion to return home.
 Manuel Hidalgo, wrote to him relating the sad news
of the deportation of 25 persons in Calamba,
including him, his father, Neneng Sisa, Lucia,
Paciano, and the rest of us.”
 Hidalgo stated that he was preparing a letter to the
Queen Regent of Spain explaining the Calamba
situation.
 Arrival of his father, brother, Silvestre Ubaldo,
mother, Lucia, Josefa and Trinidad shortly before
Christmas.
 Dr. Lorenzo P. Marquez- helped him build up a wide
clientele.
 Rizal became a successful and well-known medical
practitioner.
 He successfully operated in his mother’s eyes.
 His friends gave him moral and substantial aid in
medical practice in Hongkong.
 Mr. Edward Boustead –praised him for practicing his
medical profession
 Dr. Ariston Bautista Lin- sent a congratulatory letter
 Dr. H. Virchow – sent him a book on Diagnostic
Pathology and a medical book entitled Traite
Diagnostique by Mesnichock
 Don Antonio Vergel de Dios – offered services for
purchase of medical books and instruments.
 Conceived the establishment of a Filipino colony
in Borneo, “ New Calamba”.
 British authorities were willing to give 100,000
acres of land to Filipino colonists.
 Hidalgo, Rizal’s brother-in-law, objected to this
project.
 Gov. Valeriano Weyler was relieved of his
gubernatorial office and was replaced by Eulogio
Despujol.
 Despujol did not approve of Rizal’s plan of
Borneo Colonization, alleging that “the
Philippines lacked laborers” and “ it was not very
patriotic to go off and cultivate a foregin soil.”
 Ang mga Karapatan ng Tao (The Rights of Man)
 A la Nacion Espanola (To the Spanish Nation)
 Sa mga Kababayan ( To my Countrymen)
 Articled contributed to the British daily
newspaper, the Hongkong Telegraph
 Una Visita a la Victoria (A Visit to Vicotria Goal)
 Colinization du British North Borneo, par des
Familles de Iles Philippines (Colonization of
British North Borneo by Families from the
Philippines Islands)
 La Mano Roja (The Red Hand)
 Constitution and By-Laws of the Liga Filipina
– most important writing made

 Liga Filipina – an assocaiton of patriotic

Filipinos for civic purposes
 Due to the following reasons:
 To confer with Gov. Despujol regarding his
borneo colonizatin project.
 To establish the Liga Filipina in Manila
 To prove that Eduardo de Lete was wrong in
attacking him in Madrid that he, being
comfortable and safe in Hongkong, had
abandoned the country’s cause.
 “To my Parents, Brethren, And Friends”
 “To the Filipinos”