CHAPTER 23: RIZAL’S THE LAST TRIP ABROAD

Lacra, Lyka O.
BPA 2C

August 1, 1896

 Rizal anchored at Dumaguete- Capital of Negros Oriental

 Rizal wrote on his travel diary, “Spreads out on the beach. There are big houses, some
with galvanized iron roofing. Outstanding are the house of a lady, whose name I
forgotten, which is occupied by the government and another one just begun with ipil
posts.”

 Rizal visited a friend and former classmate, Herrero Regidor and Rufina Family. Regidor
was a judge in the province.

 In the afternoon he operated a Spanish captain of the guardia civil.

August 2, 1866 Dumaguete to Cebu

 Rizal was fascinated by the entrance to Cebu which he considered beautiful.

 He wrote in his diary “I did two operations of strabotomy, one operation on the ears
and another of tumor.”

August 3, 1896 Cebu to Iloilo

 Rizal wrote, “The voyage was fine. At the right we saw Mactan an Island famous for
what happened to Magellan. The whole afternoon was magnificent… we saw many
islands along our way…the next day, in the morning, we entered Iloilo”

 Rizal landed at Iloilo, went shopping in the city and visited Molo.

 Off the Molo church he commented: “The church is pretty outside and the interior is
not bad, considering that it had been painted by a lad. The painting are mostly copies
of biblical scenes by Gustave Dore.”

 From Iloilo, Rizal’s ship sailed to Capiz After a brief stopover, it proceeded towards to
Romblon until proceeding to Manila.
August 6, 1986 Manila

 He missed the regular steamer Isla de Luzon, which sailed to Spain the day before he
arrived in Manila Bay.

 While waiting for the next ship for Spain, Rizal was kept as a “guest” on board the
Spanish cruiser Castilla. ----Here Rizal stayed for a month while waiting for another
steamer that will bring him to Spain.

August 26, 1986 Philippine Revolution Started

• Fr. Mariano Gil – discovered the secret society (Katipunan) and reported to the Spanish
authorities.

 Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan raised the cry of revolution in the hills of Balintawak.
-----tore their cedulas aggravated the discovery.

August 30, 1896 Departure for Spain

 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.

September 2, 1896

 Rizal transferred to the steamer Isla de Panay which was sailing for Barcelona, Spain.

September 3, 1896

 the steamer left Manila Bay

 At last, Rizal’s last trip to Spain begun Among his fellow passengers onboard were Don
Pedro Roxas, a rich Manila Creole Industrialist and his friend—and his son named Periquin.

September 7, 1896 Singapore

 The Isla de Panay arrived at Singapore.

 The following morning Rizal and other passengers went ashore for sightseeing and shopping
for souvenirs.
 Rizal wrote: “I have observed some changes, there more Chinese merchants and less
Indians…I bought a Chinese gown,Singapore has changed much since I saw it for the first
time in 1882”

 Don Pedro advised Rizal to stay behind too and take advantage of the protection of the
British law.

 Rizal ignored it for he believed that the Gov. Gen. has a word of honor.

 Don Manuel Camus and several Filipino residents of Singapore also sided with Don Pedro so
that Rizal could save his life.

 VICTIM OF SPANISH DUPLICITY -By refusing to break his word of honor in Singapore, Rizal
sealed his own doom.

 For without his knowledge, Governor Blanco was secretly conspiring with the Ministers of
War and the Colonies for hid destruction.

 For all his wonderful talents, Rizal was after all a mortal man who committed mistakes and
one of his greatest mistake was to believe that Governor General Blanco was a man of
honor and a friend because he allowed him to go as a free man to Spain to become a
physician surgeon of the Spanish army in Cubs, where a bloody revolution was raging and
gave him two nice letters of introduction addressed to the Spanish Ministers of War and the
Colonies.

• 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.

September 8, 1986, RIZAL WAS ARRESTED BEFORE REACHING BARCELONA

 The Isla de Panay, with Rizal onboard, left Singapore, unaware of the Spanish duplicity
particularly of Governor General Blanco’s infernal deceit, he happily continued the voyage
towards Barcelona.

September 25,1896

 He saw the steamer Isla de Luzon, leaving the Suez Canal with Spanish troops.

September 27, 1896

 He heard from the passengers that a telegram arrived from the Manila reporting the
execution of Francisco Roxas Genato and Osorio, Rizal still gave Gen. Blanco the benefit of
the doubt

September 28, 1896

 A passenger told Rizal the bad news that he would be arrested by order of Governor
General Blanco and would be sent to prison in Cueta (Spanish Morocco), opposite Gibraltar.

 Shocked by the news, Rizal realized that he was being duped, he wrote, “there was nothing
official yet about impending arrest; it was still merely shipboard gossip. There are people
on board who do nothing but slander me and invent fanciful stories about me. I’m going
to become a legendary personage.”

September 30, 1896 (at 4:00 p.m.)

 He was officially notified by Captain Alemany that he should stay in his cabin until further
orders from Manila. He obeyed orders.

 6:25 p.m.-arrival in Barcelona as prisoner.

October 3, 1896, The Isla de Panay arrived in Barcelona.

 With Rizal a Prisoner on board. 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.

October 4, 1986

 Rizal noticed the city’s celebration of the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi.

October 6, 1986

 Rizal was escorted to the prison-fortress named Monjuich.- an infamous fortress in Madrid
 After his stay at Monjuich, he was transferred to a ship named Colon. Rizal was aboard the
Colon which was full of soldiers and officers. On October 6, 8:00 p.m., the ship left
Barcelona.