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CHAPTER 23: LAST TRIP ABROAD, (1896)

JULY 31, 1896

 Rizal left for dapitan

 He was kept as a guest on board of the Spanish cruiser Castilla
 “I have been in that district four years, thirteen days and few hours,” he wrote in his
diary.
AUGUST 26, 1896
 Rizal arrived in Manila

 From the streamer that ferried him dapitan, he was transferred to the Spanish cruiser
“Castilla”, where he stayed for almost a month, pending availability of a vessel bound for
spain.
 Bonifacio and the katipunan raised the cry of revolution (Sigaw sa Pugadlawin) in the
hills of Balintyawak, a few miles North of Manila.
 Rizal, worried about the ranging hospitalities, left for Spain on the “Isla de Panay” on
September 3, 1896. It was his last trip abroad.
FROM MANILA TO DAPITAN
 In dumaguete, Rizal visited a friend and former classmate, Herrero Regidor, who the
judge of the province.
 He also visited other friends, the Periquet and Rufina families.
CEBU
 The España left Dumaguete about 1:00pm and reached Cebu the following morning.
 Rizal was fascinated by the entrance to Cebu which he considered “beautiful”. Where he
met an old couple whom he has known in Madrid.
 In the morning of Monday, August 3, Rizal left Cebu going to Iloilo. He saw Mactan,
“an island famous for what happened to Magellan.”
ILOILO
 Arrived at Iloilo he went shopping in the city, and visited “molo”. Of the church, he
commented: “The church pretty outside and the interior is not bad, considering that it
had been painted by a lad. The Paintings are mostly copies of biblical scenes by Gustave
Dore.”
RIZAL MISSES SHIP GOING TO SPAIN
 August 6, 1896 Rizal was unable to catch the mail ship isla de Luzon for Spain
 He stayed in Manila for one month might give him troubles so he requested to Governor
General to be isolated from everybody, except his family.
 Near midnight the same day, august 6 Rizal was transferred to Spanish cruiser Castilla by
the order of Governador General.
 Enrique Santalo, cruise captain, said he wasn’t a prisoner but a guest detained on board in
order to avoid difficulties from friends and enemies.
 Rizal stayed on the cruiser for about a month, from August 6 to September 2, 1896.
THE OUTBREAK OR THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION
 August 19, 1896, the katipunan plot to overview the Spanish rule by means of revolution
was discovered by Fray Mariano Gil, Augustinian cura of Tondo after Teodoro Patino’s
disclosure of organization’s secrets.
 August 26, 1896, Bonifacio and the Katipunan raised the cry of revolution (Sigaw sa
Pugadlawin) in the hills of Balintawa, a few miles North of Manila.
 In afternoon, Gov. Gen. Blanco proclaimed a state of war in the first eight provinces for
rising in arms against Spanish. Manila, Bulacan, cavite, Batangas, Laguna, Pampanga,
Nueva Ecija and Tarlac. [Ma, Bu, Ca, Ba, La, Pa, Nu, Ta]
 Rizal was worried for two reasons:
- The violent revolution which he sincerely belived to be premature and would
cause only much suffering and terrible loss of human lives and properties had
started.
- And it would arouse Spanish vengeance against all Filipino patriots.
DEPARTURE FOR SPAIN
 August 30,1896, The same day when the state of war was proclaimed in the eight
provinces, Rizal received from Gov. Gen. Blanco the letters of introduction for the
Minister of Colonies, with a covering letter which absolved him from all blame for the
ranging revolution. The two letters of introduction were identical.
 September 2, 1896, the day before his departure for Spain, he, on board the Castilla,
wrote to his mother. “As promised I am addressing you a few lines before leaving to let
you know about the condition of my health. I am well thank God, I am only concerned as
so what will happen or shall have happened toy ou in these days of upheavel and
disorder. Do not worry about anything; we are all in the hands of Divine Providence. Not
all those who go to Cuba die, and in the end one has to die; at least die doing something
good”
 He transferred to Isla de Panay which was sailing for Barcelona, Spain. The nexr
morning. This streamer left manila Bay. At last, his last trip to Spain began. Don Pedro
Roxas, rich Manila creole industrialist and friend, and his son, Periquin were among his
fellow passengers.
RIZAL IN SINGAPORE
 Isla de Panay arrived at Singapore in the evening of sept. 7

 Don Pedro advised Rizal to stay behind too and take advantages of the protection pf
british law.
 Filipino residents of Singapore headed by Don Manuel Camus boarded the streamer
urging hi8m to stay in Singapore to save his life which he ignored because he already
gave his word to the Governor General.
VICTIM OF SPANISH DUPLICITY
 Without his knowledge, Governor General Blanco was secretly conspiring with the
ministers of war and the Colonies (ultramar) for his destruction.
 Rizal proved to be as guillible as Sultan Zaide who is another victim of Spanish intrigue.
 One of Rizal’s greatest mistakes was to belive in the Governador General that he 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 Cuba.
 Rizal was unaware that since his departure from Manila, Blanco and the Ministries of
War and Colonies were exchanging coded telegrams and confidential messages for his
arrest upon reaching Barcelona and that he was a deportee and was being secretly kept
under surveillance.
RIZAL ARRESTED BEFORE REACHING BARCELONA
 On September 8 Rizal on board the Isla de Panay left Singapore at 1:00 p.m. Not
knowing the Spanish duplicity, he happily continued the voyage towards Barcelona.
 On Sept. 25, he saw the steamer Isla de Luzon leaving the Suez Canal crammed with
Spanish troops. Two days later (Sept 25) he heard from the passengers that a telegram
arrived from Manila reporting the execution of Francisco Roxas, Genato and Osorio
 September 28, a passenger told Rizal the bad news that he would be arrested by order
Gov. Gen. Blanco and would be sent to prison in Cueta (Spanish Morocco), Gibraltar.
 Sept. 30 he was officially notified by Captain Alemany that he should stay in his cabin
until further orders from Manila which he graciously obliged
ARRIVAL IN BARCELONA AS A PRISONER
 On Oct. 3, Isla de Panay arrived in Barcelona with Rizal as a prisoner. The trip from
Manila to Barcelona lasted exactly 30 days- His jailor was no longer the ship captain but
the Military Commander of Barcelona who happened to be General Eulogio Despujol,
the same one who ordered his banishment in Dapitan in
 July 1892 was one of the coincidences in the lives of men that make “history stranger
than fiction”
 Oct. 6, Rizal was escorted to the grim and infamous prison-fortressnamed Monjuich
 After the interview, Rizal was taken abroad the colon which was “full of soldiers”. At
8:00 p.m., the ship left Barcelona with Rizal on board.

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CHAPTER 23: LAST TRIP ABROAD, (1896)

JULY 31, 1896

 Rizal left for dapitan

AUGUST 26, 1896

 Rizal arrived in Manila

FROM MANILA TO DAPITAN

RIZAL MISSES SHIP GOING TO SPAIN

THE OUTBREAK OR THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION

DEPARTURE FOR SPAIN

 Isla de Panay arrived at Singapore in the evening of sept. 7

VICTIM OF SPANISH DUPLICITY

RIZAL ARRESTED BEFORE REACHING BARCELONA

ARRIVAL IN BARCELONA AS A PRISONER

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