Life of Rizal chapter 14 1. 1. Chapter 14…. 2. 2. He chose the English City to be his new home for 3 reasons: 1. To improve his knowledge of the English Language. 2. To study and annotate Morga’s Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas. 3. London was safe place for him to carry on his fight against Spanish tyranny. 3. 3. Rizal was on board the “City of Rome” While on the board, Rizal entertained the American and European passengers with his marvelous skill o f the yo-yo as a defensive weapon. Rizal arrived at Liverpool, England on May 24, 1888. - He spent his night at Adelphi Hotel - He also wrote to his family. Trip Across the Atlantic 4. 4. Life in London On May 25,1888 went to London. He stayed as a guest at the home of Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor, and exile of 1872 and practicing lawyer in London. By the end of May, he was a boarder of the Beckett family - Mr. Beckett, an organist at St. Paul Church. Mrs. Beckett, his wife. - His three son’s and four daughters, the eldest of the sister was Gertrude, called “Gettie” or “Tottie”. 5. 5. Continue; Rizal came to know Dr. Reinhold Rost the librarian of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the authority on Malayan Mal ayan Languages and Customs. He called Rizal, “A pearl of a man” (una perla de hombre) in Spanish. Rizal spent of his time the British Museum. 6. 6. News from Home, Good and Bad The bad news were injustices commits by Spanish authorities on the Filipino people and the Rizal family. Among which were as follow: *Persecution of Filipino patriots who signed the “Anti“Anti - Friar Petition of 1888”. *Persecution of Calamba tenants, including Rizal’s family and relatives. *Furious attack on Rizal by Senators Salamanca and Vida. *Rizal’s brother-in-law, brother-in-law, Manuel T. Hidalgo, was exiled to Bohol without due process of law. *A friend of Rizal, Laureno Viado, was jailed in Bilibid prison, because copies of “Noli Me Tangere” were found in his house. 7. 7. One Good news cheered Rizal And that was Rev. Vicente Garcia’s defense of the Noli against the attack of the friars. Annotating Morga’s Book The greatest achievement of Rizal was annotating of Morga’s Book, Succos De Los Islas Filipinas(Historical Events of the Philippines Island), which was publish in Mexico, 1609. Rizal laboriously read the old histories of the Philippines written by Fr. Chirino, Fr. Colin, Fr. Argensola, Fr. Plasencia etc. 8. 8. Short Visit to Paris and Spain Early September, 1888 he visited Paris for a week. He was entertained in this gay French metropolis by Juan Luna and his wife(Paz Prado de Tavera). On December 11, 1888, he went to Spain, visiting Madrid and Barcelona. - He met Marcelo H. Del Pelar and Mariano Ponce. 9. 9. Christmas in London 1888 Rizal returned to London on December 24 and spent Christmas and New Year with the Beckett Family. He sent Christmas gifts to his friends. -To Blumentritt, bust of Emperor of Agustus. -To Dr. Carlos Czepelak, a bust of Julius Caesar. -To Rizal’s landly, Mrs. Beckett a book entitled “The Life and the Adventures A dventures of Valentine Vox, Vox , The Ventriliquist”.
10. 10. Rizal Became a Leader of Filipinas in Europe Rizal learned that Filipinas in Barcelona are were planning to establish a patriotic s0ciety. This was called: - Asociacion La Sol idaridad (Solidaridad Association) was inaugurated on December 31, 1888 with following officer: • Galiciano Apacible – President • Garciano Lopez – Vice President • Manuel Santa Maria – Secretary • Mariano Ponce – Treasurer • Jose Ma. Panganiban – Accountant 11. 11. Rizal and the La Solidaridad Newspaper On February 18, 1889, Graciano Lopez Jaena founded the patriotic newspapers called La Solidaridad in Barcelona. Its aims were as follows: 1. To oppose work peacefully for political and social reforms. 2. To portray the deplorable conditions of the Philippines so that Spain may remedy them. 3. To oppose evil forces of reaction and medievalism. 4. To advocate liberal ideas and progress. 5. To champion the legitimate aspiration of Filipino people to life, democracy and happiness. 12. 12. The First Article in La Solidaridad Rizal’s first article was entitled *Los Agricultures Filipino (The Filipino Farmers), published on March 25, 1889. *(6) Six day after he left London for Paris 13. 13. Writing in London Rizal received news on Fray Rodriguez’ unabated attack on his Noli. In defense, he wrote a pamphlet; La Vision de Fray Rodriguez (The Vision of Fray Rodriguez) - Which was publish in Barcelona under his nom-de-plume “Dimas Alang”. - In this pamphlet, Rizal demonstrated two thing: 1. His profound knowledge in religion. 2. His biting satire 14. 14. “Young Women of Malolos” (February 22, 1889) in Tagalog The main point of this letter were: 1. A Filipino mother should teach her children Love of God, fatherland and mankind. 2. The Filipino mother should be glad, like the Spartan mother, to her sons in defense of the fatherland. 3. A Filipino woman should know how to preserve her dignity and honor. 4. A Filipino woman should educate herself, aside from retaining her good racial values. 5. Faith is not merely retaining long prayers and wearing religious pictures but rather it is living in the real Christian Rizal to contributed some articles. 15. 15. Continue; Dr. Host, editor Trubner’s Record requested Rizal to contributed some articles. In response, he prepared two articles: 1.“Specimens of Tagalog folklore” published in the journal in May 1889. 2.“Two Eastern Fables”, published in June 1889. 16. 16. Romance with Gertrude Beckett Rizal had a romantic interlude with the oldest of the four Beckett sisters, Gertrude, Gettie as she was affectionally called was a Buxom English girl with brown hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks. Rizal eventually called the finish 4 sculptural work: 1. Prometheus Bound 2. The Triumph of Death over life 3. Triumph o f science over death 4. A composite carving of the Beckett sisters (The last named carving was a farewell gift to the Beckett sisters. 17. 17. Adios to London Suddenly on March 19,1889, Rizal bade goodbye to the kink Beckett Family (particularly to Gertrude) and he left in London for Paris. He was sad as he crossed the English channel for he cherished so many beautiful memories of London.
