Jose Rizal returned to the Philippines from Hong Kong to establish the La Liga Filipina civic league and confer with the Governor-General. However, anti-government leaflets were found in his luggage and he was arrested and exiled to Dapitan. While in exile, Rizal practiced medicine, developed property, and debated religion with the local priest, Father Pastells, who tried to convert Rizal back to Catholicism.
Jose Rizal returned to the Philippines from Hong Kong to establish the La Liga Filipina civic league and confer with the Governor-General. However, anti-government leaflets were found in his luggage and he was arrested and exiled to Dapitan. While in exile, Rizal practiced medicine, developed property, and debated religion with the local priest, Father Pastells, who tried to convert Rizal back to Catholicism.
Jose Rizal returned to the Philippines from Hong Kong to establish the La Liga Filipina civic league and confer with the Governor-General. However, anti-government leaflets were found in his luggage and he was arrested and exiled to Dapitan. While in exile, Rizal practiced medicine, developed property, and debated religion with the local priest, Father Pastells, who tried to convert Rizal back to Catholicism.
home. The Steamship went to different stopovers: Alexandria, Aden and Colombo. Rizal arrived on Hong Kong on November 20, 1891 In Hong Kong, Rizal stayed at Victoria Hotel. Rizal also practiced medical in order to support himself and his family in Hong Kong. Dr. Lorenzo P. Marques introduced his clients to Rizal. Dr. Jose Rizal became a well-known medical practitioner in Hong Kong. Reasons why Rizal returned to Manila To confer with Governor Despujol regarding his Borneo Colonization project. To establish La Liga Filipina in Manila. To prove that Eduardo de letes accusations was wrong. Rizal In Manila While Jose Rizal was aboard the SS Melbourne for Manila, the Spanish authorities were planning to arrest him. Upon his departure in Hong Kong, the Spanish consul general immediately sent a cablegram to Spanish Governor-General Despujol. Five days before the arrival in Manila, the Spanish authorities filed a case against Rizal and his followers. The Spanish Governor-General also made sure that Rizal had not acquired German citizenship. On June 26, 1892 at 12 o clock noon. Rizal arrived at Manila with his sister Lucia. He decided to personally visit Governor-General Despujol in Malacanang Palace only to know that the Governor-General was unavailable. Visiting friends in Central Luzon On June 27, 1892 at 6pm, Rizal boarded a train in Tutuban Station and visited his friends in Malolos (Bulacan), Tarlac (Tarlac), and Bacolor (Pampanga). He was warmly welcomed and entertained at the homes of his friends. On June 28, 1892 at 5 o clock in the afternoon, Rizal returned to Manila. Whether he knew it or not, he was shadowed by government spies who watched carefully his every movement. The homes he has visited was raided by the Guardia Civil, which seized some copies of Noli and Fili and some subversive Pamphlets. After Rizals visit to his friends in Central Luzon, he had other interviews with Governor-General Despujol. Establishments of La Liga Filipina On the evening of Sunday, July 3, 1892, Rizal attended a meeting of the patriots at the home of Chinese-Filipino mestizo, Doroteo Onjunco, on Ylaya Street, Tondo, Manila. Among those presents were: Pedro Serrano Luis Villareal Domingo Franco Faustino Villaroel Jose A. Ramos Mariano Crisostomo Ambrosio Salvador Estanislao Legaspi Bonifacio Arevalo Teodoro Plata Deodato Arellano Andres Bonifacio Ambrosio Flores Apolinario Mabini Agustin De La Rosa Juan Zulueta Moises Salvador Rizal explained the objectives of the Liga Filipina, a civic league of Filipinos, which he desired to establish and its role to socio-economic life of people. He presented the constitution of the Liga which he had written in Hong Kong and discussed its provisions. It was governed by Supreme Council that had a national jurisdiction which was composed of a president, a secretary, a tresurer, and a fiscal. It also had a provincial and popular council Officer of the Supreme Council: Ambrosio Salvador President Deodato Arellano Secretary Bonifacio Arevalo Tresurer Agustin De La Rosa Fiscal Rizal in Fort Santiago Three days after his last meeting with Governor-General Despujol, Rizal was arrested and detained in Fort Santiago While he was presenting his proposals for socio-political reforms, Governor-General Despujol presented pamphlets which contained subversive leaflets written by Father Jacinto- Pobres Frailes ( Poor Friars). Jose Rizal denied the accusation of Despujol that neither he nor Lucia possessed this subversive material; he argued that they were cleared even before they arrived n the Philipines from Hong Kong. Exile in Dapitan Rizal wrote and published several subversive literary works such as the Noli and El Fili. The retrieval of anti-government leaflets in their baggage when they arrived in Manila from Hong Kong. Rizals El Filibusterismo was dedicated to GOM-BUR-ZA. The Spanish authorities also argued that the main purpose of his literary masterpieces as to separate the Philippines from the spiritual ideologies of the church. The Steamer Cebu which brought Rizal to Dapitan carried a letter from Father Pablo Pastells, Superior of the Jesuit Society in the Philippines. To Father Antonio Obach, Jesuit Parish Priest in Dapitan. In this letter, Father Superior Pastells informed Father Obach that Rizal could live at the parish convent on the following comditions. Jose Rizal, Ricardo Carcinero, and Francisco Esquillor won the second prize in Manila Lottery, which amounted to 20,000 pesos. The result of the Manila Lottery was carried by a mail boat named Butuan; it was mistaken by Carcinero as a vessel of high Spanish official. The Cash prize was divided into three; Jose Rizal got his share with the amount of 6,600 pesos. He spent half of the price money acquiring, titling, and developing neglected piece of seaside property; he sent the other half to his father. The debate between Rizal and Father Pastells started when the friar asked him to refrain from practicing his anti-Catholic beliefs. While in Dapitan, Father Pastells attempted to bring back Rizal into Catholicism.