CONT… CHAPTER 22:
EXILE IN DAPITAN
 Draco Rizali – a flying dragon
 Apogania Rizali – a small beetle
 Rhachophrus Rizali – a rare frog
 Spatholmes Rizali – Fungus Beetle
 16 hectares of land in Talisay
 where he built his home,
school, and hospital, and
planted cacao, coffee,
sugarcane, coconuts and fruit
trees.
 his total holdings reached 70
hectares,:
 modern methods of agriculture
which he had observed in
Europe and America.
 imported agricultural
machinery from the U. S.
 to establish a new Calamba in
Dapitan
 most profitable
business of Rizal was:
 in hemp industry
 To break the Chinese
monopoly on business
in Dapitan, Rizal
organized the:
 Cooperative
Association of
Dapitan Farmers
 prime commodities at
moderate prices.
 He invented a cigarette
lighter, which he called
sulpakan, and sent it to
Blumentritt in 1887 as a gift.
The lighter used a
compressed air mechanism.
 While in Dapitan, Rizal also
invented a wooden machine
for making bricks which
turned out about 6,000 bricks
daily.
 Fr. Obach on their marriage
 Mr. Taufer
 Unable to endure the thought
of losing Josephine, he tried to
commit suicide by cutting of
his throat with a razor
 Went away uncured
 Rizal and Josephine held hands
together
 and married themselves before
the eyes of God.
 Jose played a prank on her:
 frightening her
 prematurely gave birth to an 8th
month baby boy, who only lived
for three hours
 Dr. Pio Valenzuela was
named emissary to
Dapitan
 Rizal objected to
Bonifacio’s audacious
project to plunge the
country in bloody
revolution
 disapproved of the other
plan of the Katipunan to
rescue him
 he had given his word of
honor to the Spanish
authorities
 shortage of physicians to
minister to the needs of the
Spanish troops
 It was Blumentritt who
told him of the deplorable
health situation in warridden Cuba
 Rizal wrote to Gov.-Gen.
Ramon Blanco, Despujol’s
successor, offering his
services
 Blanco notified him of
the acceptance of his
offer
CHAPTER 23: LAST
TRIP ABROAD (1896)
 Rizal was transferred
to another cruiser by
the order of Ramon
Blanco (1 month)
 He was treated not a
prisoner, but a guest
detained on board
 Beginning of
Revolution
 tearing of
community
tax
certificates
 to mark their
separation
from Spain.
 discovered by Fray Mariano
Gil
 aggravated by the Cry of
Balintawak
 attacked San Juan, but
they were repulsed with
heavy losses
 After the Battle of San Juan,
Governor General Blanco
proclaimed a state of war
in the first eight provinces
for rising in arms against
Spain
 Rizal received from
Governor General
Blanco 2 letters of
introduction for the
Minister of War and
the Minister of
Colonies, with a
covering letter which:
 absolved him from
all blame for the
raging revolution
 Don Pedro/ Don
Manuel Camus
advised Rizal to
stay and take
advantage of the
protection of the
British Law
had given his word
of honor to
Governor General
Blanco
 Blanco and the
Ministers of War and
the Colonies were :
 exchanging coded
telegrams (secret
conspiracy) and
confidential
messages for his
arrest upon
reaching
Barcelona
 Rizal was escorted to
the grim and infamous
prison-fortress named
Monjuich
 Jose’s interview with
Despujol
 he would be shipped
back to Manila
CHAPTER 24: LAST
HOMECOMING
AND TRIAL
 Their suspicion was
aroused, for they
feared that the
diarist might be
writing something:
 seditious or
treasonable
 a writ (legal action)
which requires a person
under arrest to be
brought before :
 a judge or into court
 a prisoner can be
released from unlawful
detention
 detention lacking
sufficient cause or
evidence
 Atty. Fort instituted
proceedings at the
Singapore Court:
 for the removal of Rizal
from the steamer
 Chief Justice Loinel Cox
denied the writ on the
ground:
 warship of a foreign
power, which under
international law was
beyond the jurisdiction
of the Singapore
authorities
authorities
fished for
evidence
against Rizal
brutally
tortured to
implicate Rizal
Paciano
 2 kinds of evidence
were presented
against Rizal,
namely:
 documentary
 testimonial
 only right given to
Rizal by the Spanish
authorities
 Don Luis Taviel de
Andrade
 name was familiar
 brother of Luis
Taviel de Andrade,
Rizal’s bodyguard in
Calamba
 Jose was accused of :
 being the principal
organizer and the
living soul of the
Filipino rebellion
 Rizal: pleaded:
 not guilty to the crime
of rebellion.
 appealing to them to:
 stop the necessary
shedding of blood
 to achieve their liberties
by means of education
 Rizal’s manifesto was:
 not issued to the people
 saved from the shame
of his manifesto’s being
misinterpreted
 considered guilty
before the actual
trial
 not given the right
to face the
witnesses against
him in open court
 he advised Dr. Pio
Valenzuela in Dapitan:
 not to rise in
revolution
 If he were guilty he
could have:
 escaped Singapore
 His life in Dapitan had
been:
 exemplary
 Polavieja:
 approved the
decision of the courtmartial
 ordered Rizal to be
shot at 7am of
December 30 at
Bagumbayan Field.
CHAPTER 25:
MARTYRDOM
IN
BAGUMBAYAN
 gave to Trinidad:
 the alcohol cooking
stove
 “Mi Ultimo Adios”
 10PM 29 December 1896
 wrote his retraction,
in which he abjured
Masonry and his
religious ideas
which were anticatholic
 requested the commander
of the firing squad, that:
 he be shot facing the
firing squad
 His request was denied
 A Spanish military
physician asked:
 his permission to feel his
pulse
 7:03 in the morning:
 when he died in the bloom
of manhood – aged 35 y. o.
 Spanish spectators
shouted “Viva Espana!”
“Muerte a los
Traidores”
(Long live Spain!
Death to the
Traitors!)
 pen is mightier than
the sword