JOSE P.

RIZAL'S EXILE IN DAPITAN (1892-1896)

Jose Rizal's arrival in Manila on June 26, 1892 had become very
sensational among the Filipinos. His popularity feared the Spaniards,
and as such, payed careful attention to his every moves – all houses
where he had been were searched and the Filipinos seen in his
company were suspected. As he had planned, on July 3, 1892 he
founded the La Liga Filipina in the house of Doroteo Ongjunco in
Tondo, Manila.
Four days after the civic organization's foundation, Jose Rizal was arrested by the Spanish
authorities on four grounds:

1. for publishing anti-Catholic and anti-friar books and articles;

2. for having in possession a bundle of handbills, the Pobres Frailes, in which advocacies were in
violation of the Spanish orders;

3. for dedicating his novel, El Filibusterismo to the three “traitors” (Gomez, Burgos and Zamora) and
for emphasizing on the novel's title page that “the only salvation for the Philippines was separation
from the mother country (referring to Spain)”; and

4. for simply criticizing the religion and aiming for its exclusion from the Filipino culture.
 Careers and Contributions in Dapitan
• As a physician As an inventor
• As an engineer As an artist
• As an educator As a linguist
• As an agriculturist As a scientist
• As a businessman
 Katipunan seek Rizal’s Advice

Prior to the outbreak of the revolution, the Katipunan leader, Andres Bonifacio, seek the advise of
Jose Rizal. In a secret meeting on May 2, 1896 at Bitukang Manok river in Pasig, the group agreed
to send Dr. Pio Valenzuela as a representative to Dapitan who will inform Rizal of their plan to
launch a revolution against the Spaniards. On board the steamer Venus, Valenzuala left Manila on
June 15, 1892 and in 6 days, arrived at Dapitan with a blind companion, Raymundo Mata. At night,
Rizal and Valenzuela had a talk in the former's garden. There, Valenzuela told him of the
Katipunan's plan. Regarding this, Rizal outspokenly objected Bonifacio's “premature” idea for two
reasons:

1. the Filipinos were still unready for such bloody revolution; and

2. the Katipunan lacked machinery – before plotting a revolution, there must be sufficient arms and
funds collected.
 Adios Dapitan
At midnight of July 31, 1896, Jose Rizal left Dapitan on board the steamer España, together with
Narcisa, Josephine, Angelica (Narcisa's daughter), three nephews and six of his students. Many were
saddened as the adopted son of Dapitan left.
THANK YOU PO.