10 Rizal First Return To The Philippines
10 Rizal First Return To The Philippines
10 Rizal First Return To The Philippines
PHILIPPINES
(1887-1888)
THE RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES
• JULY 3, 1887
- RIZAL LEFT FOR MARSEILLES.
- IT WAS HIS FIRST RETURN TO THE
COLONY AFTER 5 YEARS OF LEAVING IT TO
STUDY IN SPAIN.
- HE BOARDED THE VESSEL DJEMNAH, THE
SAME VESSEL WHICH TOOK HIM TO THE
FRENCH PORT CITY.
PACIANO AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW
SILVESTRE UBALDO WARNED HIM OF THE
DANGERS IN RETURNING TO THEIR COUNTRY.
BUT STILL HE INSISTED ON RETURNING
REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES.
THE DJEMNAH DOCKED IN SAIGON,
VIETNAM AND RIZAL BOARDED ANOTHER
STEAMER, THE HAIPHONG WHICH WAS
BOUND FOR MANILA ON JULY 30.
• VICENTE BARRANTES
- WROTE AGAINST IT IN THE ESPAÑA MODERNA. (1890)
• DEFENDERS OF NOLI:
MARCELO H. DEL PILAR – WROTE A RESPONSE TO CAIINGAT CAYO.
FR. FRANCISCO DE PAULA SANCHEZ – DEFENDED NOLI IN PUBLIC.
FR. GARCIA – REFUTED FR. RODRIGUEZ’S CLAIM THAT RIZAL WAS AN ”IGNORANT MAN”.
BIASED CONCLUSION
• THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED IN THEIR REPORT TO THE
ARCHBISHOP THAT THE NOVEL IS "HERETICAL, IMPIOUS,
SCANDALOUS IN THE RELIGIOUS ORDER. ANTI PATRIOTIC,
SUBVERSIVE OF PUBLIC ORDER, INJURIOUS TO THE GOVERNMENT
OF SPAIN, AND OF THE PHILIPPINES ISLANDS IN THE POLITICAL
ORDER.“
• FR. SALVADOR FONT HEAD OF THE PERMANENT COMMISSION ON
CENSORSHIP. RECOMMENDED "THAT THE IMPORTATION,
REPRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE NOLI ME TANGERE
SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED."
• MANILA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED FR. FONT'S REPORT
WHICH GAINED FOR THE BOOK FREE
ADVERTISEMENT.
• MANY PEOPLE WANTED TO READ THE NOVEL
RATHER THAN AVOIDING IT CAUSING A POPULARITY
FOR THE BOOK AND BEING A SYMBOL TO HAVING A
COPY OF THE BOOK.
• COPIES OF THE BOOK WERE SMUGGLED FROM HONG
KONG TO MANILA WITH THE HELP OF SEAMAN FROM
MARINDUQUE, PERFECTO RUFINO RIEGO.
THE HACIENDA DE CALAMBA
• JULY 1885 – PACIANO INFORMED RIZAL ABOUT
THE HEIGHTENED AGRARIAN UNREST IN THE
AREA THROUGH A LETTER.
• AUGUST 29, 1886 – RIZAL’S BROTHER-IN-LAW,
MARIANO HERBOSA, WROTE A LETTER
COMPLAINING OF THE UNBEARABLE TAX
IMPOSED BY THE FRIARS TO THE TENANTS SUCH
AS TAX ON IRRIGATED, DRY AND RESIDENTIAL
LANDS.
• DECEMBER 30,1887 – GOV. GEN. TERRERO SENT
AN OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC
TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
• RIZAL MADE AN INFORMATIVE REPORT.
• FEBRUARY 1888 – THE TENANTS OPENLY
REFUSED TO PAY THEIR RENTALS.
• THE REPORTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT EMBARRASSED THE
DOMINICAN FRIARS OF CALAMBA.
• FEBRUARY 1888 - RIZAL LEFT CALAMBA, AT THE SAME TIME
TENANTS OPENLY REFUSED TO PAY THEIR RENTALS.
• THE TENANTS WON THE CASE AT THE JUSTICE OF PEACE OF
CALAMBA. BUT AFTER THE APPEAL OF THE FRIARS AT THE
PROVINCIAL COURT AT SANTA CRUZ THEY LOST.
• THE NEWLY APPOINTED GOVERNOR GENERAL VALERIANO
WEYLER - ORDERED THE DEPORTATION OF 25 INDIVIDUALS
INCLUDING PACIANO RIZAL, SILVESTRE UBALDO AND MANUEL
HIDALGO, WAS VANISHED FROM BOHOL.
RIZAL LEFT THE PHILIPPINES