Perlyn F.

Bolaoit

BS-Accountancy

HIST

Write a contextual analysis on the following:

Among the three versions of the Cavite mutiny, which one is the most

credible? Why?

For me, it is from the Filipino Version, after all, it came from a

Filipino scholar and researcher, less likely to procure false information

from one’s own home country. And also, I think in the texts of the

Spaniard's Version and the Official Report of Governor Izquierdo, some

of the details contradicted, and even it greatly had a significant

difference.

A. Spaniards Version of the Cavite Mutiny

Jose Montero y Vidal and Gov. Gen. Rafael Izquierdo, two

complemented and corroborated with one other and scored out that the

abolition of privileges enjoyed by the workers of Cavite arsenal such as

non-payment of tributes and exemption from forced labor were the main

reasons for the “revolution” as to how they called it.

B. Filipino Version of the Cavite Mutiny

The Filipino version of the bloody incident in Cavite was written by

Dr. Trinidad Hermenigildo Pardo de Tavera, a Filipino scholar, and

researcher. According to him, the incident was merely a mutiny by native

Filipino soldiers and laborers at the Cavite arsenal who were dissatisfied

with the loss of their privileges.

Indirectly, Tavera blamed Gov. Izquierdo’s cold-blooded policies such as

the abolition of privileges of the workers and native army members of the

arsenal and the prohibition of the founding of the school of arts and trades

for the Filipinos

C. The Official Report of Governor Izquierdo on the Cavite Mutiny

of 1872

On order from Governor-General Rafael de Izquierdo, the removal of

long-standing personal benefits to workers such as tax (tribute) and

forced labor exemptions triggered the 1872 Cavite Mutiny. Izquierdo

replaced Governor-General Carlos Maria de la Torre some months before

in 1871 and immediately rescinded Torre’s liberal measures and imposed

his iron-fist rule. He was opposed to any hint of reformist or nationalistic

movements in the Philippines. He was in office for less than two years,
but he will be remembered for his cruelty to the Filipinos and the barbaric

execution of the three martyr-priests blamed for the mutiny: Fathers

Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora, later collectively

called “Gomburza.”