Rizal’s Second Sojourn in

Paris and the Universal

Exposition of 1889

Rea Gay O. Zausa

Bambi Rose M. Española
BA Psychology IV
 Difficulty of Finding
Quarters

the approaching
Universal
Exposition of 1889 • Capitan Justo
which was Trinidad
scheduled to open • Jose Albert
on May 6
Life in Paris
“We Filipinos gather four
times a week and we sing the
kundiman, we eat sotanghon,
adobo, etc. On Wednesdays in
the house of Doña Tula, on
Thursdays in the house of
Madam Boustead, on
Saturdays in the house of
Luna, on Sundays in the house
of Doña Juliana.”
Rizal & Paris Exposition 1889
2nd
Felix R. Hidalgo

Juan Luna
3rd
F. Pardo de Tavera
 Kidlat Club

March 19. 1889 • purely a social

society of a
temporary nature
• Antonio & Juan Luna
• Gregorio Aguilera
• to bring together the
• Fernando Canon
• Laura Dimayuga
young Filipinos in
• Julio Llorente the French Capital
• Guillermo Puatu so that they could
• Baldomero Roxas enjoy their sojourn
 Indios Bravos
“Why should we resent Kidlat CLub
being called Indios by the
Spaniards? Look at those
Indios from N. America –
they are not ashamed of
their name. Let us be like Indios Bravos
them. Let us be proud of
the name Indio and make
our Spanish enemies Pistol. Sword,
revise their conception of judo
the term…!”
 R.D.L.M. Society
the propagation of all useful knowledge – scientific, artistic, literary, etc. – in
the Philippines & the Redemption of the Malay Race

• Gregorio Aguilera
• Jose Ma. Basa
• Julio Llorente Redencion de los
• Marcelo H. del Pilar Malayos
• Mariano Ponce (Redemption of the
• Baldomero Roxas
• Father Jose Maria Malays)
Changco
 R.D.L.M. Society
to be a leader of FREEDOM, if
not in the Philippines, then in
other lands
•Provisions for Bornean colonization:
• Right of the colonists to buy the
lands
• Free use of the seashores
•Unusual long term of lease for
999 years
•a period of time long enough for
many generations to form a nation
and to consolidate its status”
Annotated Edition of Morga
Published
1.Rizal commits the error of many
historians in appraising the events of
the past in the light of present
standards
2.Rizal’s attacks on the church were
unfair and unjustified because the
abuses of the friars should not be
construed to mean that Catholicism is
bad.

Proved that Filipinos were already

civilized before the advent of Spain.
 Comment on Morga’s
Publication Date

October 12, 1889 – Blumentritt received the edition

(Leitmeritz)

December 28, 1889 – Rizal sent copies to Dr. Baldomero

Roxas from Paris to Lipa

December 31, 1889 – Mariano Ponce received the

book