Chapter 14….

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.
Trip Across the Atlantic

 Rizal was on board the “City of Rome”

 While on the board, Rizal entertained the
American and European passengers with his
marvelous skill of 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.
 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”.
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 Rizal came to know Dr. Reinhold Rost the
librarian of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and the authority on Malayan 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.
 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-
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, Manuel T. Hidalgo, was exiled to
Bohol without due process of law.
 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.
 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.
 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
of Valentine Vox, The Ventriliquist”.
 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 Solidaridad
(Solidaridad Association) was
inaugurated on December 31, 1888 with
following officer:

• Galiciano Apacible – President

• Garciano Lopez – Vice President
• Manuel Santa Maria – Secretary
 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
 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
 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
 “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
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 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
 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 of science over death
4. A composite carving of the Beckett sisters (The last
named carving was a farewell gift to the Beckett
sisters.
  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.