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Homecoming
1887-1888
•As the novel of Jose Rizal, Noli Me Tangere had
published, he gained more enemies especially among the
friars. He was warned by his family and friends as Rizal
wanted to return home.
• After leaving Rome, Rizal left Marseilles on July 3, 1887
on the first leg of his trip back to the Philippines.
• At Marseilles, he boarded the vessel Djemnah.
• There were 50 passengers: 4 Englishmen, 2 Germans, 3
Chinese, 2 Japanese, 40 Frenchmen and 1 Filipino (Rizal).
 Rizal’s reasons for coming back to the
Philippines:
• To operate his mother’s eyes;
• To serve his countrymen;
• To know the effect of the Noli Me Tangere
to Filipinos and Spaniards;
• To find out why Leonor Rivera had stopped
writing to him.
•On the night of August 6, 1887, he arrived
in Manila.
•On August 8, 1887, he arrived in Calamba.
•During the first few days after his arrival
in Calamba, Paciano refused to let him
wander out of the house.
•He established a medical clinic in
Calamba.
•He was called as “Doctor Uliman”-the
German doctor.
•Within a few months, Rizal earned $900 from
his services as a physician.
•Aside from his clinic, Rizal opened a
gymnasium in Calamba where he tried to
generate the interest of his townmates in
sports such as fencing, shooting and
gymnastics.
 The Furor Over the Noli Me Tangere
• Copies of the Noli Me Tangere had been arrived in the Philippines
weeks before Rizal's return to the Philippines.
• The controversy over the novel reached the ears of the Governor-
General Emilio Terrero who was informed that the novel contained
seditious ideas. Terrero invited Rizal to the Malacañang.
• The governor-general asked for a copy of the novel however since
Rizal does not have copy he went to the Jesuits to whom he sent a
copy.
• Rizal received a warning from his professors. Frederico Faura
warned that Rizal would lose his head for his novel.
•Lieutenant Jose Taviel de Andrade was assigned as his
bodyguard.
•The Archbishop of Manila, Pedro Payo sent a copy of Noli to Fr.
Gregorio Echavarria, rector of the UST to review the novel.
•Governor-general Terrero referred the novel to the Permanent
Commission on Censorship headed by Fr. Salvador Font, the
Augustinian curate of Tondo.
•Fr. Jose Rodriguez, a prior of Guadalupe published a pamphlet
entitled "Caingat Cayo".
•A Spanish writer Vicente Barrantes attacked in the Spanish
newspaper Espana Moderna.
 Defenders of the Noli Me Tangere
• Propagandists such as Marcelo H. Del Pilar, Graciano
Lopez-Jaena, Antonio Ma. Regidor and Mariano Ponce
• Father Francisco de Paul Sanchez
• Don Segismundo Moret
• Professor Miguel Morayta
• Professor Ferdinand Blumenritt
• Rev. Fr. Vicente Garcia
 The Protesta de Calamba
•Inspired by the novel Noli Me Tangere,
Governor-General Emilio terrero ordered
a investigation of the friar land holdings.
•Rizal was involved in this investigation
by helping to draft an informative report
on the agrarian situation in Calamba.
 Agrarian Problem in Calamba
• Influenced by the novel, Governor-General Emilio
Terrero ordered a government investigation of the friar
estates.
• One of the friar estates affected was the Calamba
hacienda by the Dominican order since 1883.
• Upon hearing about the investigation, the people of
Calamba asked help from Rizal to gather facts and list
the grievances.
 According to the report of the tenants:
1. Dominican landholding comprised not only the lands around Calamba
but the whole town including the houses of the people.
2. Dominicans increased their income by arbitrarily increasing the rent
of the tenants.
3. Dominican didn't contribute a single centavo for the town fiesta.
4. Tenants who worked clearing the lands were dispossessed of such
lands.
5. High rates of interests charged for delayed payment of rentals and if
rentals could not be paid, the management of the hacienda would
confiscate the carabaos, tools and home of the tenants.
 Departure for Europe
The reasons of Rizal for leaving the Philippines:
• His family was worried for his safety every time he leaves the
house.
• His presence in Calamba was jeopardizing the safety and
happiness of his family and friends.
• The advice of his parents, siblings, friends, Don Jose Taviel de
Andrade (his bodyguard) and Governor-General Emilio Terrero.
• He could not fight better his enemies and serve his country’s
cause with greater efficacy by writing in foreign countries.
 Himno Al Trabajo (Hymn to Labor)
• Rizal composed this poem just before leaving
Calamba.
• It commemorated the elevation of Lipa, Batangas
into the status of a villa under the Becerra Law of
1888.
• It is a poem dedicated to the industrious people
of Lipa, Batangas.
• In leaving the Philippines, Rizal said that he would like
to follow up the progress of the agrarian protest of
Calamba in Spain.
• By the time he arrived in Spain, however, his family
and several townmates involved in the affair were
evicted.
• Rizal also believed that he could continue the fight for
the country in Europe.
• On February 3, 1888, Rizal boarded the vessel Don
Juan on the first leg of his trip to Europe.
 Second Travel Abroad
(Hong Kong and Macao)
February 1888
• On February 3, 1888, Rizal left Manila for Hong Kong after
staying for 6 months in his hometown, Calamba.
• He sailed to Hong Kong through the steamer “Zafiro” but had
an emergency stopover in Amoy (Xiamen) in China on
February 7, 1888.
• On the next day (February 8, 1888), he landed in Mainland,
Hong Kong and stayed at Victoria Hotel.
• While in Hong Kong, he manage to write to his friend, Dr.
Ferdinand Blumentritt.
• In Hong Kong, Rizal was welcomed by Filipinos who lived
there and among them were Jose Ma. Basa, Balbino Mauricio
and Manuel Yriarte.
• While in Hong Kong, Rizal engaged on cultural activities like
studying Chinese language, life experiences, drama, values and
customs.
• On the 18th of February 1888, Jose Rizal and Jose Ma. Basa
visited Macao, a Portuguese colony near Hong Kong through the
ferry steamer Kiu-Kiang.
• He was invited to stay at the residence of Don Juan Francisco
Lecaros, who was a former Filipino delegate to the Spanish
Cortes.
• On the 21st of February 1888, they returned to Hong Kong.
• On the 22nd of February 1888, Rizal boarded the American
steamer, Oceanic, and left Hong Kong for Japan.