CHAPTER 13-16

JOSE RIZAL
 CHAPTER 13 RIZALS VISIT TO UNITED STATES
OVERVIEW

HE KEPT NOTES OF WHAT HE OBSERVED DURING HIS TRIP

ARRIVAL IN FRANCISCO
RIZAL IN FRANCISCO
ACROSS THE AMERICAN CONTINENT
RIZAL IN NEW YORK
RIZALS IMPRESSION OF AMERICA
 ARRIVAL IN SAN FRANCISCO

BELGIC- STEAMSHIP WITH RIZAL DOCKED AT SAN FRANCISCO.

APRIL. 28, 1888- DATE OF ARRIVAL
AMERICAN HEALTH AUTHORITIES PLACED THE SHIP UNDER QUARANTINE DUE TO EPIDEMIC
AMERICAN CONSUL IN JAPAN AND BRITISH GOVERNOR IN HONG KONG CERTIFIED THE
ABSENCE OF CHOLERA IN CHINA.
SHIP CARRIED 643 CHINESE UNSKILLED WORKERS
AFTER A WEEK OF QUARANTINE, FIRST CLASS INCLUDING RIZAL PERMITTED TO LAND
 RIZAL IN FRANCISCO

MAY. 4, 1888- DAY HE WAS PERMITTED TO GO ASHORE. STAYED IN FRANCISCO FOR MORE 2
DAYS
PALACE HOTEL- FIRST CLASS HOTEL WHERE HE REGISTERED
MARKET STREET- BEST STREET IN FRANCISCO
LELAND STANFORD- MILLIONAIRE SENATOR REPRESENTING CALIFORNIA IN THE US SENATE
DURING THAT TIME. FOUNDER OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY IN PALO ALTO IN CALIFORNIA
DUPON STREET- IN CHINATOWN WHICH IS GANT AVENUE TODAY
GROVER CLEVELAND- PRESIDENT DURING THAT TIME
 ACROSS THE AMERICAN CONTINENT

MAY. 6, 1888- IT WAS SUNDAY 4:30 PM RIZAL LEFT FRANCISCO FOR OAKLAND NINE MILES
ACROSS SAN FRANCISCO BAY BY FERRY BOAT.
FROM MAY 7-13 RIZAL WROTE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES FROM NEVADA, CHICAGO UNTIL HE
REACHED ALBANY.
ACROSS THE AMERICAN CONTINENT
 RIZAL IN NEW YORK

MAY. 13 SAT MORNING HE REACHED NEW YORK

STAYED IN THIS CITY HE CALLED BIG TOWN FOR THREE MORE DAYS
VISITED HISTORIC AND SCENIC PLACES
HE WAS INSPIRED BY MEMORIAL GEORGE WASHINTON
STATUE OF LIBERTY
LEFT CITY FOR LIVERPOOL. ACCORDING TO HIM THE SHIP WAS THE SECOND LARGEST SHIP IN
THE WORLD
 RIZALS IMPRESSION OF AMERICA

GOOD IMPRESSION; MATERIAL PROGRESS, DRIVE AND ENERGY OF AMERICAN PEOPLE,

NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE LAND, HIGH STANDARD OF LIVING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR BETTER LIFE
OFFERED TO POOR IMMIGRANTS.
BAD IMPRESSION; THERE EXISTED RACIAL PREJUDICE WHICH WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE
PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM OF WHICH AMERICANS TALK SO MUCH BUT DO
NOT PRACTICE
 CHAPTER 14
SI RIZAL SA LONDON
MGA DAHILAN NG PAGBISITA
NI RIZAL SA LONDON
MAPAHUSAY ANG KANYANG KAALAMAN SA
WIKANG INGLES
PAG ARALAN AT IWASTO ANG AKLAT NA
SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS NA ISINULAT
NI MORGA
LIGTAS NA LUGAR
 PAGTAWID SA ATLANTICO
SAKAY SIYA NG BARKONG CITY OF ROME
MAGALING SA LARO
NAKIPAGTALAKAYAN SA MGA
MAMAMAYANG NA AMERICANO UKOL SA
SULIRANIN NG SANGKATAUHAN.
DUMATING SI RIZAL SA LIVERPOOL ENGLAND
 ANG BUHAY NI RIZAL SA
LONDON
MAYO 25, 1888
TUMULOY SIYA BILANG PANAUHIN SA
TAHANAN NI DR. ANTONIO MA. REGIDOR
HANGGANG KATAPUSAN
NANGUPAHAN SYA SA PAMILYA BECKETT AT
NAKATAGPO SI GERTRUDE BECKETT
NAKILALA NI RIZAL SI DR. REINHOLD ROST,
 MGA BALITA SA MAYNILA

MASAMANG BALITA

MABUBUTING BALITA
 ANOTASYON SA AKLAT NI MORGA

ANTONIO DE MORGA
SUCESOS DE LAS ISLAS FILIPINAS
LIHAM NI RIZAL KAY BLUMENTRITT
MARIANO PONCE
 PAGBISITA SA PARIS AT ESPANYA
SETYEMBRE 1888
JUAN LUNA AT ASAWANG SI PAZ PARDO DE TAVERA-
TINATANGGAP SI RIZAL SA KANILANG TAHANAN AT
IPINAGMALAKI ANG KANILANG BATANG ANAK NA
NAGNGANGALANG ANDRES
DISYEMBRE 11, 1888
MARCELO H. DEL PILAR AT MARIANO PONCE-
MALAKING KAMPEON SA KILUSANG PROPAGANDA
NANGAKO SI RIZAL NA MAKIKIISA SA
PAKIKIPAGLABAN SA REPORMA
 PASKO SA LONDON
NAGBALIK SI RIZAL SA LONDON AT DOON
NAGDIWANG NG PASKO AT BAGONG TAON
KAPILING ANG PAMILYA BECKETT
PARA KAY BLUMENTRITT, NAGPADALA SI RIZAL
NG AGINALDONG PAMASKO, ANG BUSTO NI
EMPERADOR AUGUSTUS
PARA KAY DR. CARLOS CZEPELAK, INIREGALO
NIYA ANG BUSTO NI JULIUS CAESAR
 ASOSACION LA SOLIDARIDAD

LA SOLIDARIDAD
 MGA SINULAT SA LONDON
PADRE RODRIGUEZ
LA VISION DEL FRAY RODRIGUEZ
LIHAM SA MGA DALAGA NG MALOLOG
PADRE FELIPE GARCIA
MGA KASABIHAN
MGA BUGTONG
 PAG IBIG KAY GERTRUDE
GERTRUDE BECKETT- PINAKAMATANDA SA
MGA MAGKAKAPATID NA BABAENG BECKETT
NA MAY PALAYAW NA GETTIE O TOTTIE
ANG PAGLISAN
 CHAPTER 15
RIZALS SECOND SOJOURN AND THE UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION OF 1889
 DIFFICULTY OF FINDING A QUARTER
UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION OF 1889
EFFECT:
THE COST OF LIVING SPIRALED HIGH.
NO.45 RUE MAUBEUGE VENTURAS
RESIDENCE
TRANSFERRED RESIDENCE SEVERAL TIMES,
MOVING FROM ONE HOTEL TO ANOTHER,
FROM ONE BOARDING HOUSE TO ANOTHER
FINALLY LIVED IN A LITTLE ROOM TOGETHER
WITH TWO OTHER FILIPINOS JUSTO TRINIDAD
AND JOSE ALBERT
 LIFE IN PARIS
SPENT MOST OF HIS TIME IN THE READING ROOM OF
THE BIBLIOTIQUE NATIONAL CHECKING UP HIS
HISTORICAL ANNOTATIONS ON MORGAS BOOK
WRITING LETTERS TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS
IN THE GYMNASIUM FOR HIS DAILY PHYSICAL
EXERCISES

VISITING HIS FRIENDS, DINING AT THE HOMES OF

HIS FRIENDS, SUCH AS THE TAVERAS, VENTURAS,
BOUSTEDS AND LUNA
 LIFE IN PARIS
DR. TRINIDAD PARDO DE TAVERA

PHYSICIAN BY VOCATION PHILOLOGIST BY AVOCATION

DR. FELIX PARDO DE TAVERA
PHYSICIAN BY VOCATION AND AN ARTIST AND
SCULPTURE BY AVOCATION
PAZ PARDO DE TAVERA WIFE OF JUAN LUNA
JUNE 24,1889 WHEN ANDRES(LULING), THE SECOND CHILD
WAS BORN AND JPR THE GODFATHER CHOSE HER NAME
MARIA DELA PAZ BLANCA LAUREANA
HERMINIGILDA JUANA LUNA Y PARDO DE TAVERA
RIZAL AND THE PARIS EXPOSITION OF 1889
EIFFEL TOWER, 984 FT HIGH, BUILT BY ALEXANDER
EIFFEL - GREATEST ATTRACTION
PRES. SADI CARNOT (3RD FRENCH REPUBLIC)
200,000 PERSONS OR MORE CROWD THE DAILY
EXPOSITION
INTERNATIONAL ART COMPETITION
FELIX R. HIDALGOS PAINTING WON THE 2ND PRIZE,
JUAN LUNA AND F. PARDO DE TAVERA WON THE 3RD
PRIZE, WHILE JPRS ENTRY GOT NO PRIZE.
 THREE CLUB/SOCITIES

KIDLAT CLUB A SOCIAL SOCIETY OF A TEMPORARY NATURE

PURPOSE:
TO BRING TOGETHER THE YOUNG FILIPINOS IN THE FRENCH CAPITAL SO THAT
THEY COULD ENJOY THEIR SOJOURN IN THE CITY DURING THE DURATION OF THE
EXPOSITION
 THREE CLUB/SOCITIES

MEMBERS:

ANTONIO & JUAN LUNA, GREGORIO AGUILERA, FERNANDO CANON, LAURO

DIMAYUGA, JULIO LLORENTE, GUILLERMO PUATU & BALDOMERO ROXAS
 INDIOS BRAVOS (BRAVE INDIANS)

INSPIRATION:
AMERICAN INDIANS WHO WERE NOT ASHAMED OF THEIR
NAMES
PURPOSE:
ITS MEMBERS PLEDGED TO EXCEL IN INTELLECTUAL AND
PHYSICAL PROWESS IN ORDER TO WIN THE ADMIRATION OF
THE FOREIGNERS PARTICULARLY THE SPANIARDS. THEY
PRACTICED THE USE OF SWORD AND PISTOL. JPR TAUGHT THEM
JUDO.
MEMBERS: (SAME MEMBERS)
 RDLM (REDENCION DE LOS MALAYOS)

PURPOSE:
THE PROPAGATION OF ALL THE USEFUL KNOWLEDGE-
SCIENTIFIC, ARTISTIC, LITERARY, ETC..- IN THE PHILIPPINES.
REDEMPTION OF THE MALAY RACE (ANOTHER AIM)
 BORNEO COLONIZATION PROJECT:
NOT MERELY TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE FILIPINOS
COULD LIVE AND WORK WITH MORE LIBERTY AS
WELL AS FREE THEMSELVES FROM THE OPPRESSIVE
CONDITIONS OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR SOMETHING
ELSE IMPORTANT , WHICH IS FREEDOM OF ACTION
TO ATTAIN THE AIM OF THE RDLM.. WHICH MEANS
THE REDEMPTION OF THE MALAY RACE (DR.
LEONCIO LOPEZ-RIZAL)
-MAX HAVELAAR BOOK (1860) BY MULTATULI (E.D.
DEKKER, DUTCH AUTHOR)
 ANNOTATED EDITION OF MORGA PUBLISHED

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OF RIZAL IN PARIS THE

PUBLICATION OF HIS ANNOTATION OF MORGAS BOOK,
WRITTEN IN BRITISH MUSEUM, PRINTED BY GARNIER
FRERES ,
PROLOGUE WRITTEN BY PROF. BLUMENTRITT
 ANNOTATED EDITION OF MORGA PUBLISHED

RIZALS ERRORS IN HIS ANNOTATION:

1. COMMITS THE ERROR IN APPRAISING THE HISTORY OF THE PAST
IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRESENT STANDARD
2. RIZALS ATTACKS OF THE CHURCH WERE UNFAIR AND
UNJUSTIFIED BECAUSE THE ABUSES SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED
TO MEAN THE CATHOLIC IS BAD.
 DEDICATION: TO THE FILIPINOS
IN THIS HISTORICAL BOOK JPR PROVED THAT FILIPINOS WERE ALREADY
CIVILIZED BEFORE THE ADVENT OF SPAIN.JPR DISPROVED THE HISTORICAL
HERESIES OF THE SPANISH WRITERS WHO CLAIMED THAT THE EARLY FILIPINOS
WERE SAVAGES AND WERE OF LOW MENTALITY
COMMENT ON MORGAS PUBLICATION DATE:
PARIS, LIBRERIA DE GARNIER HERMANOS, 1890
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED YOUR MAGNIFICENT EDITION OF MORGA. THIS EDITION
WITH YOUR ERUDITE NOTES WILL GLORIFY YOUR NAME
(BLUMENTRITT TO RIZAL, OCTOBER 12, 1889)
 TODAY I SENT TO LIPA FOUR COPIES OF MORGA. LATER I WILL
SEND SOME MORE (RIZAL TO DR. BALDOMERO ROXAS DECEMBER
28, 1889)
I RECEIVED THE BOOK SUCESOS, TRULY EXCELLENT. PLEASE
SEND ME IMMEDIATELY ABOUT TEN COPIES THAT I CAN SEND TO
THE PHILIPPINES BY THE FIRST MAIL THAT IS GOING THERE
(MARIANO PONCE TO RIZAL, DECEMBER 31, 1889)
 RIZAL AS HISTORIAN

- FIRST VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD (ITALIAN) ANTONIO PIGAFETTA

- HISTORICAL WORKS OF MARSDEN, RAFFLES, LORD STANLEY, AND WALLACE IN
ENGLISH
- WRITINGS OF BLUMETRITT, JAGOR, VIRCHOW IN GERMAN
- BOOKS OF M. JACQUET, J. MALLAT, & A. MARCHE IN FRENCH
- WORKS OF TH PARDO DE TAVERA, PEDRO PATERNO, MIGUEL MORAYTA, PI Y
MARGALL IN SPANISH
OTHER WORKS OF RIZAL WHICH QUALIFY HIM TO BE
A REAL HISTORIAN
1. MA- YI (LONDON, DECCEMBER 6.1888)
2. TAWALISI OF IBN BATUTA (JANUARY 7, 1889)
3. FILIPINAS DENTRO DE CIEN ANOS (PUBLISHED IN LA SOLIDARIDAD IN FIVE
ISSUES1890)
4. LA POLITICA COLONIAL ON FILIPINAS ( NO DATE;MANILA EN EL MES DE
DICIEMBRE, 1872)
5. HISTORIA DE LA FAMILIA RIZAL DE CALAMBA (NO DATE)
6. LOS PUEBLOS DEL ARCHIPELAGO INDICO (NO DATE)
 THE PHILIPPINES WITHIN A CENTURY OF HISTORIAN

IN THIS ARTICLE JPR EXPRESSED HIS VIEWS ON THE

SPANISH COLONIZATION AND PREDICTED WITH AMAZING
ACCURACY THE TRAGIC END OF SPAINS SOVEREIGNTY IN
ASIA
 THE INDOLENCE OF FILIPINOS

THIS IS AN ABLE DEFENSE OF THE ALLEGED INDOLENCE OF THE FILIPINOS. SUCH

DECLINE IN THE ECONOMIC LIFE WAS DUE TO CERTAIN REASONS:
1. THE NATIVE REVOLTS AND THE OTHER INTERNAL DISORDES WHICH
FOLLOWED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AMERICAN RULE
2. THE WARS WHIOCH THE FILIPINOS FOUGHT FOR SPAIN AGAINST THE DUTCH,
PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH AND OTHER ENEMIES
3. THE FRIGHTFUL RAIDS OF THE BY THE MUSLIM PIRATES
 THE INDOLENCE OF FILIPINOS

4.THE FORCED LABOR, RESULTING IN THE ABANDONMENT OF INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND

AGRICULTURE
5. LACK OF STIMULUS TO WORK HARDER BECAUSE THE PEOPLE COULD NOT ENJOY THE FRUITS OF
THEIR LABOR
6. GOVERNMENT NEGLECT AND INDIFFERENCE TO AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
7. THE BAD EXAMPLE SHOWN BY THE SPANIARDS ON DESPISING MANUAL LABOR
8. THE TEACHING OF THE SPANISH MISSIONARIES
9. ENCOURAGEMENT AND PROPAGATION OF GAMBLING BY THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES
10. SYSTEM OF SPANISH EDUCATION DID NOT PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE AND ACTIVITY
 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FILIPINOLOGIST
INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE
AIM: TO STUDY THE PHILIPPINES FROM THE SCIENTIFIC AND HISTORICAL POINT OF
VIEW.
THE OFFICERS:
PRESIDENT: FERDINAND BLUMENTRITT (AUSTRIAN)
VICE PRES: EDWARD PLAUCHUT (FRENCH)
COUNSELLOR: DR. REINHOLD ROST (ANGLO-GERMAN)
COUNSELLOR: DR. ANTONIO MA. REGIDOR (FILIPINO-SPANISH)
SECRETARY: DR. JOSE RIZAL (FILIPINO)
 PROJECT FOR FILIPINO IN HONGKONG INDUSTRY,
COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE
AIMS: TO TRAIN AND EDUCATE MEN OF GOOD FAMILY AND FINANCIAL MEANS IN
ACCORDANCE TO THE DEMANDS OF MODERN TIMES AND CIRCUMSTANCES
MARIANO CUNANAN PROMISED TO RAISE P40,000 AS INITIAL PAYMENT OF THE
COLLEGE
CURRICULUM:
ETHICS- STUDY OF RELIGION NATURAL LAW CIVIL LAW DEPORTMENT
HYGIENE
 MATHEMATICS PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY NATURAL HISTORY GEOGRAPHY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
UNIVERSAL HISTORY PHILIPPINE HISTORY LOGIC RHETORIC POETICS
SPANISH ENGLISH FRENCH GERMAN CHINESE TAGALOG
GYMNASTICS EQUITATION FENCING SWIMMING MUSIC DRAWING -
DANCING
 POR TELEFINO DIMAS ALANG INDUSTRY,
COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE (BARCELONA 1889)

FALL OF 1889 WROTE ANOTHER SATIRICAL WORK

AS A REPLAY TO THE SLANDEROUS ATTACKED OF
FR. FONT WHO MASTERMINDED THE BANNING OF
NOLI.
CHAPTER 16