RIZAL’S

THE LAST TRIP

ABROAD

August 1, 1896

Rizal anchored at Dumaguete-capital of Negros Oriental.

Rizal 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.

a judge in the province

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

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

“ The voyage was fine. At the right we saw Mactan an Island famous for what happened to Magellan. The whole afternoon was magnificient… 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.”

Of 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.

-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.

Philippine Revolution Started

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

• August 26, 1896-Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan raised the cry of revolution in the hills of Balintawak.

-----tore their cedulas aggravated the discovery.

Departure for Spain• August 30, 1896 – 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-rich Manila Creole Industrialist and his friend—and his son named Periquin.

September 7, 1896 (Rizal in Singapore)

-the Isla de Panay arrived at Sinagpore.

The following morning Rizal and other passengers went ashore for sightseeing and shopping for souvenires.

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 to 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 commited 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.

RIZAL ARRESTED BEFORE REACHING BARCELONA

September 8, 1:00 p.m.

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

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.

“ 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 Alemanythat 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. EulogioDespujol, the man who placed him in exile in Dapitan now serving as the Military Commander of Barcelona.

October 4- Rizal noticed the city’s celebration of the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi.

October 6, 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.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!!

PREPARED BY:

Mary Ann Pascua

(BSED IV-B)