CHAPTER 8- RIZAL IN LONDON,

PARIS, BRUSSELS AND MADRID

 Rizal in London

 May 1888- March 1889- Rizal live in

London to copy, study and made
annotations of Dr. Antonio de Morga’s
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (Events
in the Philippine Islands), rare copy
kept in British Museum
 Complete annotating Morga’s book
and wrote articles in La Solidaridad
 Stayed as guest at house of Dr.
Antonio Ma. Regidor, exile of 1872,
law practitioner
 May- moved to No.37 Chalcot
Crescent, Primerose Hill
 Mr. Beckett- organist of St. Paul
Cathedral where he pay 2 pounds
sterling a week
 Dr. Reinhold Rost- librarian at India
office, authority on Malayan customs;
 Called Rizal Una Perla de Hombre ( a
pearl of a man)
 British Museum- Rizal spent most of his time
 Good and Bad News

 Bad news
1. exile of his brother in law, denied a
Christian burial
2. Arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of
Laureano Viado- Sto. Tomas medical
student who was found a possession
of copy of Noli me Tangere
3. Continued Calamba Agrarian problem
where the tenants including Rizal’s
family were being persecuted by
Spanish authorities
 Good News from Mariano Ponce that
Father Vicente Garcia- old Filipino
theologian and philosopher wrote
able defense of his Noli against attack
of Fr. Rodriguez
 Bibliotheque Nacionale- library in
Paris where he search for any old
books on the Philippines
 Juan Luna and wife- tendered him
with a party where all Filipinos in Paris
were present
 December 11- flying trip to Madrid
and Barcelona to survey condition of
his countrymen
 Mariano Ponce and Marcelo H. del
Pilar- pillars of La Solidaridad and
Propaganda Movement
 Christmas in London

 Spent Christmas with Beckett family

in Primerose Hill
 Gertrude-one of Beckett girls who
gets infatuated with him but Rizal was
still faithful to Leonor Rivera
 Hurriedly left London for Paris in
March 1889
 Rizal’s Writing in London

 Wrote La Vision de ray Rodriguez-

demonstrated knowledge of religion
 Letter “To the Young Women of
Malolos”, request of Marcelo H. del
Pilar to praise young women of
Malolos for courage and effort to
establish school to learn Spanish
 4 important points of his letter:
1. Filipino mother should teach their
children love of God, country,
fellowmen
2. Filipino mothers should be glad and
honored like Spartan mothers to
offer their sons in defense of the
country
3. Filipino women should know how to
protect their dignity and honor
4. Filipino women should educate
themselves
5. Faith is not only reciting prayers,
wearing religious picture but living
the real Christian way with good
moral and conduct
 Dr. Rost- specialized on Asian Studies
and Culture; editor of Trubner’s
Record, request Rizal to contribute
articles for publication
 Rizal wrote “Specimens of Tagal
Folkfore” and “Two Eastern Fables”
for Dr. Rost
 Specimens of Tagal Folkfore- Filipino
proverbs and puzzles
 Two Eastern Fables- comparative
study of Philippines and Japanese
folkfore
 January 12,1889- Rizal organized
Asociacion Hispano- Filipina
 Spanish- Filipino Association
 Objective was reforms Propaganda
Movements initiated
 Don Miguel Morayta- president,
Spanish professor
 Gen. Felipe de las Cone- vice-president
 Dr. Domindor Gomez-secretary
 Graciano Lopez Jaena- editor od
Propaganda
 Dimasalang and Laong Laan- pen
name of Rizal in La Solidaridad
 Rizal left in London

 Left London so Gertrude Beckett may

forget him
 Curved sculptural works “Promethus
Bound”, “The Triumph of Death over
Life”, “The Triumph of Science over
Death”, composite curving of
beautiful faces of three Beckett sisters
 Triumph of Death over Life and
Triumph of Science Over Death were
given to Blumentritt as gifts
 Curved of Beckett sisters faces- given
to Beckett family as farewell gifts
 In Paris

 Arrive two months before the

opening of International Exposition to
commemorate French Independence
 Proposed formation of International
Association of Filipinologists where
Blumentriit as president and Rizal as
secretary
 Organized two societies of Filipinos
who were in Paris that time- Kidlat
Club and Indios Bravos
 Kidlat Club- bring young Filipinos in
order to enjoy their stay in city during
international competition
 Indios Bravos- taught members to be
proud being a Filipino , pledge to
excel in intellectual and physical
capability to win Spaniards respect
 Attend lecture on Oriental culture in
University of Paris with Dr. Trinidad H.
Pardo de Tavera
 Rizal’s Annotated Morga’s
Book Published

 Tangible and outstanding

achievement in Paris- Morga’s
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas wrote in
British Museum
 Blumentritt- wrote prologue
commending Rizal for intellectual
scholarship
 Morga’s Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas-
excellent and inspirational piece of
historiography; best of many histories
of the Philippines
 Romance with Adelina

 Adelina- young talented, quiet and

unaffected lady with refined manners,
 Boustead couple- has two daughters
Nelly, the older and Adelina, the
younger
 Rizal and Antonio Luna visit Boustead
family in Paris
 Nelly- infatuated with Rizal but because
he loved Adelina, he did not even show
any sign of affection for Nelly
 Luna had strong feelings for Nelly but
Nelly did have any iota of love for him
 Luna become jealous of Rizal because
Nelly was obviously inlove with Rizal
 Luna challenged Rizal to duel but
fortunately the matter was settled by
their friends
 Saddest episode of his life- news of
impending marriage of Leonor
Rivera , his sweetheart for eleven
years to Mr. Kipping, an English
engineer employed in construction of
Manila-Dagupan railway
 Biarritz- beach resort on Biscay Bay,
( France) ideal place, though of
offering marriage proposal to Adelina
but did not materialize
 Rizal in Brussels

 Capital of Belgium
 Jose Alberto- companion when he
moved to Brussels
 Rizal and Filipinos in
Madrid

 Juan Luna and Valentin Ventura-

informed Rizal Filipino passion for
gambling
 Gambling- favorite pastime of Filipino
 Disturbing News at Home

 Letters from Calamba he receive in

Brussels
 Agrarian problem had not been
resolved and getting worse
 Increase annual payment of tenant by
Dominican Order
 Don Francisco-refused to pay his rent
 To leased land so other tenants also
refused to pay rents
 Non=payment of Don Francisco and
other tenants result in filing of a case
in court by Dominican friar to evict
them forcibly from the land
 Paciano and his two brother-in laws
Antonio Lopez (husband of Narcissa)
and Silvestre Ubaldo (husband of
Olympia) were deported to Mindoro
 Rizal become depressed; hardly sleep
 June 6, 1890- send letter to Soledad
before he go back home
 Rizal’s Premonition

 He feared he would not live long

 His only wish was to finish hid second novel,
The Fili before he left this world
 Morbid manifestation of early death was
revelead by Marcelo H. del Pilar
 June 1898- Rizal made a letter to del Pilar
 Unusual feeling not reach 30 years of age
 Dream that brother, friends, relatives were
dead, dressed in white, white faces. silent
Rizal’s Prepares to go Home

 Graciano Lopez Jaena- plan to go to

Cuba, Rizal urge him to go to the
Philippines and die in defense of his
ideals instead of going to Cuba to die
in yellow fever
 Mariano Ponce- express
determination to go back to the
Philippines
 Blumentritt- horrified to his decision
 Paciano-inform him they lost the case
against Dominicans in Manila, appeal
made to Supreme Court in Spain
 Marcelo H. el Pilar- a lawyer who
handle the case
 Rizal in Madrid

 Rizal is disappointed and frustrated

because of Calamba problems,
marriage of Leonor Rivera
 He almost engaged in duels-one with
Antonio Luna and Wenceslao Reatana
which could have been fatal
 Rizal look foreword with optimism
Denied Justice for Rizal’s
Family
 To secure justice for Calamba tenants,
he asked the help of Filipino
community, Asociacion Hispano-
Filipina
 With help of Marcelo H. del Pilar as
lawyer, they sought an audience with
Minister of the Colonies to present
 Injustices committed by Gov. Gen and
Dominican
 Blumentritt- urge to seek audience
with Queen Regent of Spain
Background of the Two Duels

 Duels between Rizal and Luna happen

in Madrid gathering
 Practice of serving wine to guest is
always part of merriment and fun
 After drinking many glasses of wine,
Luna become intoxicated
 He accused Rizal for his failure to win
the heart of Nelly
 At height of jealousy, he utter
unsavory words to Nelly
 Rizal could not control his temper so
he challenged him in a duel
 When Luna become sober, he realized
the incident should not happen so he
begged an apology to Rizal
 Rizal accept his apology anf they
become friends again
 Wenceslao Retana- talented Spanish
scholar , accomplished writer used to
contribute articles in an anti- Filipino
newspaper in Madrid
 La Epoca- widely circulated
newspaper in Madrid he assert that
Rizal’s relatives and friends did not
paid their annual rents for the land
they tilled so they were ejected by
Dominicans
 Rizal could not take the insult sitting
down so he challenged Retana to a duel
 Retana did not accept the duel
 For Rizal, the rational thing for Retana
is to publish a retraction and an apology
in the same newspaper for the articles
he wrote which he did
 Retana develop great admiration for
Rizal that he wrote first-book length
biography of greatest Filipino heroes