Rizals Last Trip Abroad

Espaa

Steamer that brought Rizal to Manila

He was accompanied by Josephine, Narcisa,
Angelica(Narcisas daughter)
The ship traversed through:
Dumaguete Capital of Negros Oriental
Where Rizal visited his former classmate Herrero
Regidor, a judge in the province
He operated a Spanish captain of the guardia civil

Cebu where he did operations of strabotomy

one on the ears and one tumor
Iloilo where he went shopping and visited Molo
Church

Isla de Luzon ship going to Spain

When Rizal arrived in Manila he missed the
ship but he was transferred by Gov. Gen.
Blanco to the Spanish cruiser Castilla.
Here Rizal stayed for a month while waiting for
another steamer that will bring him to Spain.

Philippine Revolution Started

Fr. Mariano Gil discovered the secret

society (Katipunan) and reported to the
Spanish authorities
Cry of Balintawak where Bonifacio together
with the Katipuneros tore their cedulas
aggravated the discovery

Departure for Spain

August 30, 1896 the day when the state of

war was proclaimed in the eight provinces,
Rizal received two letters from Gov. Gen.
Blanco.
These were letters of introduction to the
Minister of War and Minister of Colonies
The day before his departure, he wrote to his
mother.

Isla de Panay the steamer that will bring

Rizal to Barcelona, Spain.
Together with Rizal was Don Pedro Roxas
and his son.
The two disembarked at Singapore. Don
Pedro advised Rizal to seek help from the
British government.
Rizal ignored it for he believed that the Gov.
Gen. has a word of honor.

Governor General Ramon Blanco

Promised Rizal that

he will serve as
physician-surgeon of
the Spanish army in
Cuba because the
war is raging there.

Gov. Gen. Blanco, together with the Ministers

of Colonies and War were exchanging
telegrams and confidential messages for the
arrest of Rizal upon reaching Barcelona and
that he was a deportee and was being
secretly kept under surveillance.

Rizal on his way to Spain

He was warned by a passenger while sailing

in the Suez Canal, that he will be arrested
when they reached Barcelona
Shocked by the alarming news, he wrote to
his best friend, Ferdinand Blumentritt.

Arrival in Barcelona as a Prisoner

After 30 days the Isla de Panay arrived in

Barcelona.
Rizal was confined in his cabin
He was arrested by former Gov. Gen. Eulogio
Despujol, the man who placed him in exile in
Dapitan now serving as the Military
Commander of Barcelona.

Monjuich an infamous fortress in Madrid

where Rizal was imprisoned
Colon the steamer that brought Rizal to
Manila from Madrid.

Friends in Singapore wanted to save

Rizal

Antonio Ma. Regidor and friend Sixto Lopez

from London dispatched telegrams to an
English lawyer named Hugh Fort to rescue
Rizal from the steamer once it reached
Singapore.
Hugh Fort claimed that Rizal was illegally
detained in the steamer.

Chief Justice Loinel Fox denied the claim

since the steamer Colon is a Spanish warship
and thus it is beyond Singapores jurisdiction.
Rizal was unaware of the plan

Rizal arrived in Manila

Rizal was quietly transferred to Fort Santiago

The Filipino patriots were tortured to implicate
Rizal
Deodato Arellano Moises Salvador
Domingo Franco
Pedro Serrano-Laktaw
Pio Valenzuela
Jose Dizon
Timoeto Paez

Paciano Mercado his left hand crushed by

screw

Preliminary Investigation

Judge Advocate Colonel Francisco Olive

informed Rizal of the charges and was not
permitted to confront those who those who
testified against him.
Two kinds of evidences against Rizal
Documentary
Testimonial

Documentary Evidences

A letter from Antonio Luna to Mariano Ponce

in Madrid showing Rizals connection with the
Filipino reform campaign in Spain.
A letter of Rizal to his family stating that the
deportations are good for they will encourage
the people to hate tyranny.
A letter from Marcelo H. del Pilar to Deodato
Arellano implicating Rizal in the Propaganda
Campain in Spain.

A poem entitled Kundiman

A letter of Carlos Oliver to an unidentified
person in Barcelona, describing Rizal as the
man to free the Philippines from Spanish
oppression.
A Masonic document in Manila, honoring Rizal
for his patriotic services

A letter of Dimas Alang to Ten Luz (Juan

Zulueta) in Hong Kong, stating that he was
preparing a safe refuge for Filipinos who may
be persecuted by the Spanish authorities
A letter of Dimas Alang to an unidentified
committee in Hong Kong, soliciting the aid of
the Committee in the patriotic work
An anonymous and undated letter to the
Editor of the Hong Kong Telegraph, censoring

An anonymous and undated letter to the

Editor of the Hong Kong Telegraph, censoring
the banishment of Rizal to Dapitan
A letter of Ildefonso Laurel to Rizal in Manila,
saying that the Filipino people look up to him
as their savior

A letter of Ildefonso Laurel to Rizal informing

an unidentified correspondent of the arrest
and banishment of Doroteo Cortes and
Ambrosio Salvador
A letter of Plaridel to Ten Luz in Madrid,
recommending the establishment of a social
organization independent of Masonry, to help
the cause of the Filipino people.

Transcript of speech of Pingkian (Emilio

Jacinto) in a Katipunan Reunion in which the
following cry was uttered, Long Live the
Philippines! Long Live Liberty! Long Live Dr.
Rizal! Long Live Unity!
Transcript of speech of Tiktik (Jose Turiano
Santiago) in the same event where the
Katipuneros shouted, Long Live the eminent
Dr. Rizal, death to the oppressor of the nation

Poem by Laong Laan (Rizal) entitled Talisay in

which the author makes the Dapitan
schoolboys sing that they know how to fight
for their rights.

Testimonial Evidences

Martin Constantino
Jose Reyes
Pedro Serrano Laktaw
Pio Valenzuela
Salazar
Domingo Franco
Francisco Quison

Aguedo del Rosario

Moises Salvador
Jose Dizon
Antonio
Timoteo Paez

Captain Rafael Dominguez Special Judge

Advocate appointed by Gov. Gen. Blanco to
institute corresponding action to Rizal.

Judge Advocate General Don Nicolas de la

Pea was asked by Gov. Gen. Blanco for an
opinion and recommendation about the case
The accused by immediately brought to trial
He should be kept in prison
An order of attachment be issued against his
property to the amount of one million pesos as
indemnity
He should be defended by an army officer

Luis Taviel de Andrade

1st Lieutenant of the

Artillery
Brother of Rizals
body guard in
Calamba
Was personally
chosen by Rizal over
a list of 100 1st and
2nd lieutenants.

Charges against Rizal

Accused of being the principal organizer and

the living soul of the Filipino insurrection
The founder of the societies, periodicals, and
books dedicated to fomenting and
propagating ideas of rebellion

Rizal raised no objection on the jurisdiction of

the court but pleaded NOT GUILTY to the
crime of REBELLION

Governor General Camilo de Polavieja

Succeeded Ramon
Blanco as Governor
General with the help
of the powerful
Dominican Friars.

Rizal Wrote a Manifesto to the Filipinos

On December 15, 1896, Rizal wrote a

manifesto to his people appealing to them to
stop the necessary shedding of blood and to
achieve their liberties by means of education
and industry.