Delightful Trip to Manila

- on July 3, 1887, Rizal boarded the steamer Djemnah

- on August 6th , shortly after 9 oclock he arrived in Manila

Happy Homecoming

- on August 8th, he reached Calamba

- he wrote to Blumentritt

- he established a medical clinic

Storm over Noli

- he received a letter Governer General Emilio Terrero to come to Malacañang

- he went to and appeared at Malacañang

- he visited Jesuit Fathers to ask for the copy he sent them

- he visited Jesuit Fathers to ask for the copy he sent them

- he was assigned a bodyguard for security measures

Attackers of the Noli

- Father Font printed his report and circulated its copies

- Father Jose Rodriguezpublished a pamphlet entitle Caiingat Cayo (Beware)

- Vicente Barrantes published his criticism of the novel in Madrid

- spanish senators Vida and Pando attacked tha novel during the parliamentary debates

- General Salamanca also came out against Noli

- Marcelo H. Del Pilar published a pamphlet

- Father Francisco Sanchez defended the novel in public

- Don Segismudo Moret read and liked th book very much

- Rev. Vicente Garcia wrote a defense of the Noli which was published in Singapore

Defenders of the Noli

Rizal and Andrade

- made walking tours of the verdant country sides

- discussed topics of common interest, enjoyed fencing, shooting, hunting and painting

1) The death of his older sister, Olimpia.

2) The groundless tales circulated by his enemies that he was a German spy, an agent of Bismarck, a Protestant, a Mason, a Witch, a soul beyond salvation, etc.

- Civil Governor of Laguna Province directed the Municipal authorities of Calamba to investigate the agrarian conditions of their country

- the Calamba folks solicited Rizal’s help in gathering the facts and listing their grievances against the hacienda management

Calamba’s Agrarian Trouble

- friars exerted pressure on Malacañang Palace to eliminate him- asked the Governor to deport him, but the latter refused because there was no valid charge against Rizal on court

- Governor Terrero advised Rizal to leave the country for his own good

Farewell to Calamba

1) His presence in Calamba was jeopardizing the safety and happiness of his family and friends

2) He could better fight his enemies and serve his country’s cause with greater efficacy by writing in foreign countries

The Trip to Hongkong

- on February 3, 1888, Rizal left Manila for Hongkong

- he stayed at Victoria Hotel

MOVIE BY BLUMENTRITT

Visits to Macao