Rizal's Second Trip Abroad

(1888-1892)
In Hong Kong and Macau
• On Feb 3, 1888, after a short stay of 6 months in his beloved Calamba,
Rizal left Philippines.
• Half-sick and Disillusion
• Zafiro- The streamer he rides on
• The vessel arrived in Amoy (Xiamen), China but Rizal did not land Because
of his frail health, the City‘s rainy weather and the refait that the city was
dirty
• While in HK he met Jose Ma Basa, Balbino Maurico, and Maurico Yrairte
who were farmer exiles from the Philippines.
• Rizal and Basa went to Macau, rode on a vessel called Kiu-Kiang.
During Rizal's two weeks’ vacation in Hong Kong,
He studied Chinese life and observe the following:
1. The Chinese new year
2. Chinese theaters
3. The Marathon Lauri at Party
4. The richest religious group in HK are the Dominican Order
5. The cemeteries in HK.

Oceanic - an American vessel

Japan,
The Land of Cherry Blossom. The Land of the Rising Sun
• Tokyo- Later he moved over to Spanish legation on invitation by secretary Juan
Perez Caballeho
• Rizal arrived at Yokohane
• He stayed at Grand Hotel
• The next day he went to Tokyo and stay there for 3 days
• Later he moved over to the Spanish Legation on invitation of its secretary, Juan
Perez Caballero
• He accepted the invitational since staying with the Spaniards would save him
money and he believed that he had nothing to hide from them
Seiko Usui or Osei-san
• Rizal's love interest in Japan
• 45 days he stayed in Japan
• Rizal left Yokohama on April 13, 1888 on board the streamer
• BELGIC bound for USA

United States of America

• Rizal boarded the English vessel Belgic on April 18, 1888
• Rizal reached San Francisco. Dubbed American as “A motherland for the poor
who wish to work”. And America is the land Pat Excellence of Freedom but
only for the whites.
• They experienced discrimination in America upon arrival with the Chinese
passengers.
• Rizal arrived New York on May 13 and he called New York

Rizal's Impression about America

Positive
• America is a land of great opportunity especially for the immigrants
• It has a large forms and factories
• It has a high standard of living
Negative
• Rival Discrimination
• He left New York on May 1888

LONDON
• He lived in London from May 1888-March 1889 Reasons:
1. To improve his knowledge on English.
2. To study Dr. Antonio de Morga's SUCCESORS DE LAS ISLAS
FILIPINAS, with found in the British Museum.
3. London was safe from Spaniards.
• He worked in the British Museum Library, studied, copied and published
Morgan's book.
• He stayed as a guest of Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidot.
• By May, He moved to a boarding house owned by the Beckett family.
• Because he was on excellent linguist, he became friends with Dr. Reinhold
Rost, A sanskrit scholar of that century
• Rost was impressed with his manners and called him “UNA PERLA DE
HOMBRE” or pearl of a Man
News from Calamba
• Persecution of Calamba Tenants
• Manuel Hidalgo, Saturnina’s husband was exiled in Bohol
• Laureano Viado, was arrested for possessing copies of Noli
• Rev. Vicente Garcia’s favorable defense of the Noli

Reformists in Barcelona
• Foundation of the ASSOCIATION LA SOLIDARIDAD
Pres: Galiciano Apacible
Vice Pres: Graciano Lopez Jaena
Honorary Pres: Jose Rizal
• Graciano Lopez Jaena founded the newspaper LA SOLIDADRIDAD
• Rizal first article: LOS AGRICULTORES FILIPINOS (The Filipino
Farmers)
• Pen names: Dimasalang, Laong Laan
• He wrote a pamphlet against Jose Rodriguez “LA VISION DEL FRAY
Rodriguez”
• Letter to the young women of Malolos

Paris France, March 1889

• Paris in the spring of 1889 was bursting with happiness and excitement
because of the Universal Exposition
• Too many tourists in the City so that he stayed with Valentin Ventura, and
finally he lived in a little room together with two other Filipinos.

Life in Paris
• He used most his time with the library checking and reading his historical
annotations on Morga’s Book in the Bibliotheque Nationale (National
Library)
• Rizal’s outstanding achievement in Paris was the publication on 1890 of his
annotated edition of SUCESOS delas Islas Filipinos (Events in the
Philippine Island) written by Antonio de Morga
• He was fascinated by the Universal Explosion, especially the Eiffel Tower –
May 6, 1889
• He organized the Kidlat Club with the Filipinos who wanted to join the
expo.
• Kidlat Club - purely a social society of a temporary nature
• Founded by Rizal simply to bring together young Filipinos in the French
capital so that they could enjoy their sojourn (a temporary stay) in the city
during the duration on the Universal Explosion.
• Famed by Rizal and he noted that the Filipinos should not be ashamed of
the race instead should be proud of it.

Indios Bravo - Famed by Rizal and he noted that the Filipinos should not
be ashamed of the race instead should be proud of it.
Brussels, Belgium (1890)
On January 1890, Rizal left Paris for Brussels, capital of Belgium for two
reasons:
1. The cost of living in Paris was very high
2. The gay social life of the city hampered his literary works, especially the
writing of his second novel El Filibusterismo

• Jose Albert accompanied him to Brussels. He lived with Jose Alejandro

•He criticized his fellow Filipinos in Madrid reminding those most to gamble
too much for they destroy the nation’s reputation. He was exec called POPE
instead of PEPE.
Bad News from Calamba
• Calamba agrarian trouble
• Increasing rents of the hacienda lands by the Dominicans
• An order forms the Dominicans to dispose the Rizal family’s land from
them.
• Persecution of the tenants.
• Paciano, Antonio Lopez, Silvestre Ubaldo was deported to Mindoro
• Manuel Hidalgo was banished to Bohol again.
MADRID’ SPAIN (1890 – 1891)
• Early in Aug. 1890, Rizal arrived in Madrid. While he was staying in
Madrid, Rizal experienced so many misfortunes.

1. Failure to get justice for his family.

2. The death of Jose Maria Panganiban.
3. The aborted duel with Antonio Luna.
4. The infidelity of Leonor Rivera, planning to get married to an English man.
5. Rizal and Del Pilar’s rivalry in the leadership from the LA
SOLIDARIDAD
Biarritz, France
• Rizal wanted to take a rest from the problems he was carrying.
• He stayed in Biarritz for one month. He finished El Filibusterismo and retired from
the Propaganda movement and he wanted to focus on publishing El Filibusterismo.

El Filibusterismo Published in Ghent, Belgium

• Days flew swiftly for Rizal in Brussels like flying arrows, day in and day
out, He was busy revising and polishing the manuscript of El Filibusterismo
so that it could be ready for the press.
• He had begun writing it in October 1887, while practicing medicine in
Calamba. The following year (1888) in London, He made some changes. He
wrote more chapters in Paris and Madrid and finished the manuscript in
Biarritz 1891. It took him 3 years to finish his second novel.
• Rizal left Brussels for Ghent, a famous city in Belgium. His reasons for
moving were:
1. To cost of printing in Ghent was cheaper than in Brussels.
2. To escape from the enticing attraction of Petite Suzanne.

• Rizal lived in a cheap boarding house with Jose Alejandrino. There was a
very frugal life. To economize, they prepared their own daily breakfast in
their room.
The Printing of El Filibusterismo
• He searched for a printing shop that could give him the lowest quotation for the
publication of his novel.
• F Meyer – Van Loo Pres. A publisher who was willing to print his book on
installment basis.
• He pawned his jewels in order to pay the low down payment and the early
partial payments during the printing of the novel.
• As the printing was going on, Rizal became desperate because his funds were
running low and the money he expected from his friends did not arrived.
• When everything seemed lost, help came from an unexpected source. Valentin
Ventura in Paris learned of Rizal’s predicament and immediately sent him the
necessary funds. With his financial aid, the printing of the El Filibusterismo was
resumed on September 18, 1891. El Filibusterismo came off the press.
Rizal in Hongkong
• On October 18, 1891, Rizal boarded the streams Melbourne in Marseilles
bound for Hong Kong.
• Rizal arrived in Hongkong on November 20, 1891. He welcomed by Jose
Ma. Basa. December 01, 1891, He wrote to his parents asking their
permission to return home. On the same date Manuel Hidalgo sent a letter
telling him the sad news in Calamba.
• Before Christmas of 1891 he was gladdened by the arrival of his father,
brother and Silvestre Ubaldo (his brother in law) in Hongkong. Met long
afterwards his mother and sister Lucia, Josefa and Trinidad also arrived.
Christmas of 1891 in Hongkong was one of the happiest Yuletide
celebrations in Rizal’s life for he had a happy family reunion.
• To earn a living for himself and for his family, Rizal practiced medicine.
Aside from an eye specialist, he was a general practitioner.
• The most important writings made by Rizal during his stay in Hongkong
were the Constitution of the La Liga Filipina (Philippine League) an
association of patriotic Filipinos for civic purposes.
• In May 1892, Rizal made up his mind to return to Manila for the following
reasons:
1. To confess with Governor Despujol regarding the Borneo colonization
project.
2. To establish the La Liga Filipina in Manila.
3. To prove that Eduardo de Lete was wrong in attacking him in Madrid.
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