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15: SECOND SOJOURN IN PARIS AND THE UNIVERSAL

EXPOSITION OF 1889
15.1. Difficulty of finding quarters due to many tourists for the Universal Expo ’89;
stayed at Valentin Ventura’s House; found a little room with student Jose Albert &
Capitan Justo Trinidad, former gobernadorcillo of Sta Ana
15.2. Life in Paris: annotating Morga’s book; time with the 3 Pardo de Taveras (Trinidad,
Felix & Paz)
15.3. Paris Exposition ’89: Eiffel Tower built by Alexander Eiffel at 894 ft., ribbon
cutting by Pres. Sadi Carnot; they participated
15.4. Kidlat Club: organized by Rizal on March 19, 1889 as a social society during the
Expo
15.5. Indios Bravos – replaced Kidlat Club; taught them judo
15.6. RDLM Society: believed to be initials of Redencion de los Malayos (Redemption of
the Malays) according to Dr. Leoncio Lopez-Rizal, grandnephew; patterned after
Freemasonry, with various degrees of membership and members not knowing each other;
(to Blumentritt) “In Borneo, I shall not be a planter but the leader of the planters who are
thinking of emigrating there with me”
15.7. Annotated Edition… published: 1890 in the British Museum, printed by Garnier
Freres with prologue by Prof. Blumentritt: Rizal’s 2 errors – (1) appraising the events of
the past in the light of present standards; (2) abuses of the friars should not be construed
to mean that Catholicism is bad
15.8. Rizal as historian: research studies and linguistic skills… read original docs like
Pigafetta’s First Voyage Around the World in Italian… other books in English, German,
French, Spanish
15.9. The Philippines Within a Century: Spain will lose the Philippines if… USA attacks
15.10. Indolence of the Filipinos -- why Filipinos did not work hard during the Spanish
regime: (1) native revolts; (2) wars fought for Spain; (3) raids by Muslim pirates; (4)
forced labor; (5) lack of stimulus; (6) government neglect; (7) bad example of Spaniards
despising manual labor; (8) poor man to enter Heaven; (9) gambling by Spanish
authorities; and (10) anti-human education
15.11. International Association of Filipinologists: Blumentritt (Austrian) as president …
not pushed through
15.12. Project for a Filipino College in Hong Kong: to train men of good family and
financial means … did not materialize
15.13. Por Telefono: reply to another slanderer Fr. Salvador Font, OSA in 1889;
demonstrates his prophetic insight; first radio-telegraph received by Guglielmo Marconi
across the Atlantic was in 1901
15.14. Christmas in Paris: 1889 with Jose Albert, his last in Paris