FROM EUROPE TO

MANILA (1887), FROM

MANILA TO ASIA (1888)
⮚Factors that Prompted Rizal to Return Home
⮚Second Trip to Aboard Djemnah
⮚A Quiet Life for a Town Doctor
⮚Calamba Agrarian Trouble]
⮚Rizal in Hong kong and Macau
⮚Rizal in Japan
 FACTORS
❑ He wanted to cure Doña Teodora Alonzo’s cataract.

❑ He wanted to have a first-hand experience on how Filipinos

and Spaniards reacted to his novel.

❑ He thought that the time came to perform his nationalistic

tasks by serving the Filipino people who were abused by the
Spaniards

❑ He wanted to address pending issues on his affair with

Leonor Rivera.
 SECOND TRIP
ABOARD DJEMNAH
▪ The total number of passengers in the steamship was 50.

▪ Jose Rizal served as an interpreter to various passengers

on board.

▪ He saw the Suez Canal for the second time.

▪ He transferred to Haiphong on July 30, 1887 to Manila.

The steamship left Saigon (Vietnam) for Manila on
August 2, 1887.
 A QUIET LIFE FOR
A TOWN DOCTOR
▪ The steamship Haiphong arrived in
Manila on August 5, 1887

▪ Three days after the steamship

anchored on the shores of Manila, Jose
Rizal visited his family in Calamba.

▪ Paciano was always on his side from

the day of his arrival up to the day
when he went back to Calamba for his
security.
 A QUIET LIFE FOR
A TOWN DOCTOR
▪ Dr. Uliman/Aleman

⮚ It was Jose Rizal’s nickname when he practiced his profession as a

physician in Calamba.

▪ Aside from being a town doctor, Jose Rizal also opened a

small gymnasium where he introduced various kinds of
European sports such as shooting gymnastics, and
fencing.
CALAMBA AGRARIAN
TROUBLE
▪ Governor-General Emilio Terrero issued an order to
investigate the agrarian trouble in Calamba.

▪ On December 30, 1887, the Civil Governor of Laguna

Provinced requested the locals to inspect all lands in the
province especially those owned by the Spanish friars.

▪ In pursuant to the civil governor’s orders, the people

asked for Jose Rizal’s help in order to help them
accomplish the governor’s directives.
 CALAMBA AGRARIAN
TROUBLE
▪Findings of the investigation:
▪ The Dominican friars owned most of the estates in Calamba.

▪ Their capital increased because of the unregulated mode of

increase of the rentals paid by the tenants.

▪ The friars failed to contribute something to town fiestas or to

the development of the whole town.

▪ Interest rates where arbitrarily increased without considering

the plight and welfare of the poor Calamba people.
 RIZAL IN HONG
KONG
▪Jose Rizal checked-in at the Victoria Hotel

▪ He was welcomed by several Filipino residents

such as Jose Maria Basa, Manuel Yriarte, and
Balbino Mauricio.
 RIZAL IN HONG KONG
▪ Observations of Rizal about Hong
Kong:

⮚Hong Kong was clean

⮚At that time, the city was resided by

various nationalities such as Jews,
Portuguese, Hindus, English, and Chinese.
Some of the residents are poor, timid but
gentle.
 MACAU
▪Macau was a former colony of Portugal during
the 16th century,

▪It was originally a part of Chinese territory.

However, the Chinese agreed to entrust it under
the administration of the Portuguese.

▪ The political and economic powers in Macau

were shared by China and Portugal.
 RIZAL IN MACAU
▪ Jose Rizal arrived in Macau on February 18,
1888. he was accompanied by Jose Maria Basa.

▪ Jose Sainz de Veranda followed Jose Rizal and

boarded in the ferry steamer (Kiu-Kian) for
Macau.

▪ Rizal visited some tourist spots in Macau such as

the churches, theater, and casino.
 RIZAL IN JAPAN
▪Jose Rizal arrived in Yokohama, Japan on February 28,
1888. he checked-in at the Grand Hotel.

▪He also went to Tokyo on February 29, 1888 and

registered at the Tokyo Hotel from March 2 to 7, 1888.

▪Juan Perez Caballero, a secretary of a Spanish movement

based in Japan, visited him in his hotel.

▪The occurrence of Spanish officials in Macau and Japan

was just a part of the Spanish authorities’ tactics to
monitor his activities outside the Philippines.
 RIZAL IN JAPAN
▪Caballero invited Rizal to join in the Spanish Legation.
Rizal agreed to join because:

⮚He should be saved from boarding expenses, and

⮚The Spanish authorities could not accuse him of anything that may
ruin his vacation.

▪Jose Rizal confessed that he was not able to enjoy his

vacation because he cannot speak Japanese.
 RIZAL IN JAPAN
Comparison between Jose Rizal and Tetcho Suehiro

Tetcho Suehiro Jose Rizal

Entered politics in Japan in 1890; Organized progressive/reform

member of the lower house of the movements in the Philippines
First Imperial Diet

Published “Nankai-no-Daiharan” Published “Noli Me Tangere” and

(Storm Over the South Sea) “El Filibusterismo”

Died of heart attack at 49 Died of execution at 35