Carlos Maria de la Torre y Navacerrada, Governor and Captain-General of the Philippines

from 1869 to 1871.

He was sent to the Philippines in 1869 by the new liberal constitutional regime after the overthrow of
Isabel II the previous year.

La Torre initially refused to live at Malacaan, though tertulias or tea parties were held there in the
company of Filipino liberal reformists. Rather, his chosen residence was at the building of the old
College of Santa Potenciana within the walls of Manila. Juan de Lara had first thought of staying
here in 1866.

Later used as the home of the military second-in-command and the Subinspectorates of Infantry,
Cavalary, Carabineers and Civil Guard, the "Palacio de Santa Potenciana" after La Torre moved
back to Malacaan in 1869 would continue to house the Governors and Captains-General when they
were obliged to reside elsewhere other than at Malacaan.

Isabella II (Spanish: Isabel II; 10 October 1830 10 April 1904) was queen regnant of Spain from
1843 until 1868. She came to the throne as an infant, but her succession was disputed by
the Carlists, who refused to recognise a female sovereign, leading to theCarlist Wars. After a
troubled reign, she was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1868, and formally abdicated in 1870.
Her sonAlfonso XII became king in 1874.
At the end of September 1868, Isabella went into exile, after her Moderado generals had made a
slight show of resistance that was crushed at the Battle of Alcolea by Generals Serrano and Prim.
This revolt, which deposed Isabella, is known as the Glorious Revolution, and ushered the First
Spanish Republic into power. The new government replaced Isabella with Amadeo I, second son
of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, after much deliberation.
Her exile helped cause the Franco-Prussian War, as Napoleon III could not accept the possibility
that a German, Prince Leopold ofHohenzollern-Sigmaringen, might replace Isabella, a dynast of the
Spanish Bourbons and great-great-granddaughter of the French-bornPhilip V of Spain.
The First Spanish Republic collapsed in December 1874. Isabella had been induced to abdicate in
Paris on 25 June 1870, in favour of her son, Alfonso XII, furthering the cause of the Restoration.
After the collapse of the Republic, Alfonso was placed on the throne.
She had left her husband the previous March and continued to live in France after the restoration in
1874, in a small circle with theMarqus de Alta Villa as her secretary. On the occasion of one of her
visits to Madrid during Alfonso XII's reign, she began to intrigue with the politicians of the capital, and
was peremptorily requested to go abroad again. She resided in Paris for the rest of her life, seldom
traveling abroad except for a few visits to Spain. During her exile, she grew closer to her husband,
with whom she maintained an ambiguous friendship until his death in 1902. Her last days were
marked by the matrimonial problems of her youngest daughter, Eulalia. She died on 10 April 1904,
and is entombed in El Escorial.
FLAGS OF THE REBELS OF THE CAVITE MUTINY, JANUARY 1872.

In january 20, 1872 about two hundred peoples among soldiers and workers of the Cavite
Arsenal protested against the abolition of some privileges like the exemption from tributes.
The spanish government considered the revolt as a mutiny and sent the troops against the
mutineers.

According to some oral accounts the flag of the rebels was red with a square field; according
to someone else the flag was white (upper stripe ) and red ( lower stripe).
The white and red flag probably was not a rebel flag , was simply the flag of the Marictime
Province of the Philippines who flown on the spanish Arsenal de Cavite.

The red color on flags and standards of the Philippines is a typical color of war; we can also
find it on many flags and standards of the Sultanates of Sulu and Mindanao ( Ranao Area and
Maguindanao Area ) and also on many flags and standards of the Sultanates and Kingdoms
of the Indonesian Archipelago.