ABDICATES LEADERSHIP GROUP 2 Alberto, Aragoza, Bolado, Cater, Cerda, Cater, Medrano, Songcayawon Rizal Seeks Justice for his Family Rizal Seeks Justice for his Family
⨳ While Rizal was in Madrid, he exhausted all
available legal remedies to seek justice for his family and the farmers in Calamba.
⨳ Rizal sought the help of the Association
Hispano-Filipina to seek justice for the oppressed Calamba tenants and for his family Rizal Seeks Justice for his Family
⨳ He made used of the liberal newspapers to
ventilate the grievances of his family and the oppressed tenants in his hometown. Rizal Seeks Justice for his Family
✣ Señor Fabie – the Minister of Colonies
-Where Rizal sought audience with the help of Marcelo H. Del Pilar (who acted as his lawyer) and Dominador Gomez(secretary of the Association). ✣ - Nothing came out with the interview Rizal Seeks Justice for his Family
✣ Ferdinand Blumentritt – came to learn of Rizal’s
dilemma. -Prodded Rizal to bring the case to the Queen Regent Maria Cristina of Spain. - Rizal considered Blumentritt’s plan but he had no financial logistics and influential friends in Madrid who had access to the Queen. Death of JOMAPA (Jose Maria Panganiban) Death of JOMAPA (Jose Maria Panganiban) ✣ died in August 19, 1890 ✣ The talented co-worker in the because of an illness. Propaganda Movement. ✣ A hero from Camarines Norte. ✣ When Rizal heard about his death, he wrote a eulogy for him. ✣ In the said eulogy, he praised Panganiban for his extraordinary talent, intelligence and industry. Aborted Duel with Antonio Luna Aborted Duel with Antonio Luna ✣ In August of 1890, Rizal attended a social reunion of Filipinos in Madrid. ✣ Antonio Luna became intoxicated with alcohol ✣ He was bitter because of his frustrated romance with Nellie Boustead. Aborted Duel with Antonio Luna ✣ Deep in his heart, he blamed Rizal for his failure to win Nellie’s heart. ✣ In a lot of occasions, Rizal expressed to Luna that he had nothing to do with it. ✣ Because of Luna’s alcohol-befogged mind he uttered nasty comments about Nellie and this caused Rizal’s challenging Luna for a duel. A Duel with Retana A Duel with Retana ✣ Rizal’s bitter enemy in writing ✣ A press agent of the friars in the Philippines. ✣ Published articles in the anti-Filipino newspaper La Epoca. ✣ In one of his articles, he wrote about the ejection of the Rizal family and relatives from the lands that they were tilling for their failure to pay their WENCESLAO RETANA annual rent to the Dominician friars. A Duel with Retana ✣ Rizal was insulted in it and challenged Retana to vindicate the good name of Rizal’s family and friends. ✣ Retana published a retraction and apologies in the newspaper. ✣ They became friends later because Retana developed a great admiration to Rizal. ✣ He even wrote the first book-length WENCESLAO RETANA biography of Rizal. The News About the Marriage of Leonor Rivera The News About the Marriage of Leonor Rivera ✣ Teatro Apollo – where the expatriates and Rizal watched a play and also where he lost his gold watch chain with a locket containing the picture of Leonor Rivera. ✣ Rizal received a letter from Leonor Rivera in 1890 telling him that she will be married to Charles Henry Kipping, an Englishman and engineer and the man whom her mother chose to be her husband. ✣ Ferdinand Blumentritt – tried to make Rizal realized that Leonor was not the woman for him. Rizal’s Break with Del Pilar Rizal’s Break with Del Pilar ⨳ Rizal was the undisputed leader of the filipino expatriates. He believed to earn the respect of the spaniards was to demonstrate a high sense of morality and dignity, but Rizal’s idealism wasn’t accepted by his fellow expatriates. This caused them to shy away from Rizal and questioning his leadership. This resulted in some of the expatriates to shift their loyalty to Del Pilar. Rizal’s Break with Del Pilar ⨳ Del Pilar was Rizal’s rival for leadership. Del Pilar was a modern politician. Rizal and Del Pilar’s rift worsened when they argued about how to run the La Solidaridad. In order to prevent the two from splitting up, they held a meeting to elect someone who was to handle the affairs of the Filipino community. Due to the elections, the expatriates were divided into two. The Rizalistas and the Pilaristas. Rizal’s Break with Del Pilar ⨳ Due to Rizal walking out during balloting, Del Pilar told Mariano Ponce to convince the Pilaristas to vote for Rizal, but he did not accept the position because he felt that it was an insult and that Del Pilar should have withdrawn his candidacy. Rizal’s Break with Del Pilar ✣ The expatriates had a de facto leader which was Marcelo H. Del Pilar, which caused Rizal to leave the city. ✣ This begins the question of who was the better politician. For Guerrero, Del Pilar was the better politician for he possessed all the qualities to succeed in politics. ✣ Rizal and Del Pilar’s rift intensified and the mews reached manila and caused the people who support the propaganda to tell Juan Zulueta to reconcile the two but Rizal still withdrew his position and left Madrid. An Affair with Nelly Boustead An Affair with Nelly Boustead ⨳ Rizal arrived in Biarritz in the early part of February 1891 where he stayed with Bousteads ⨳ Having lost for Leonor Rivera, he became attracted to Nellie ⨳ For him, Nellie was an epitome of a real Filipina, virtuous, highly intelligent and full of life An Affair with Nelly Boustead ⨳ He even communicated to his friends his intention of marrying Nellie ⨳ Luna convince Rizal to push through with it ⨳ Rizal succeeded to won the love and affection of Nellie where Luna failed ⨳ Unfortunately, the affair failed because of two reasons… An Affair with Nelly Boustead ⨳ 1. Rizal did not give up his Catholic faith in exchange for the love of Nellie, who was a devout Protestant ⨳ 2. He was not acceptable to Nelly’s mother because of his financial status and dangers he was facing as an enemy of friars ⨳ THE TWO PARTED WAYS AS GOOD FRIENDS An Affair with Nelly Boustead ⨳ Biarritz ■ It was in this city where he completed his
manuscript of his second novel , EL
FILIBUSTERISMO To Paris and Brussels Once Again To Paris and Brussels Once Again ⨳ Rizal left Biarritz on March 30, 1891 and from there he traveled to Paris by train ⨳ He stayed for the meantime in residence of his friend Valentin Ventura ⨳ Upon arriving, he wrote letters to Jose Maria Basa To Paris and Brussels Once Again ⨳ From Paris, he went to Brussels where he met again the Petit Suzanne, with whom he had a love affair before ⨳ He informed the Propaganda authorities about his decision to retire from reform movement and stopped contributing articles for Soli To Paris and Brussels Once Again ⨳ After retiring from the reform movement, he concentrated in revising the manuscript of El Filibusterismo ***END***