THE SECOND

HOMECOMING OF

DR. JOSE P.
RIZAL
PROBLEMS:
 What was Rizal’s reason for going back
to tha Philippines?
 What was the purpose of La Solidaridad?
 What made Rizal think that the battle
was in the Philippines not in Madrid?
 What was the price of Rizal’s
entrapment?
 What are the reasons for Rizal’s exile in
Dapitan?
 How does Rizal live his life in Dapitan?
BASIC FACTS:
 The DECOY, TRIALS, and GRUDGES
Three reasons for going back to the Philippines:
FIRST:
he wanted to talk to Governor
General Despusol about his Borneo
Colonization Project.
SECOND:
he would establish La Liga Filipina
to unite the Filipino people in the truest
sense of unity and solidarity against
violence and deprivation.
THIRD:
he would like to prove to Eduardo
de Lete that the criticism published against
him in La Solidaridad had no basis but only
A Trudge Along The Flame Of Fire
●

Ø“The battle is in the

Philippines. From there, we will
meet, we will help one another.
Together, we will fight and
sacrifice for the sake of our
homeland
- Rizal to his fellow Filipino
patriots in Europe
Ø“ I believe that La Solidaridad
is no longer the instrument for
struggle… the fight is no
longer in madrid; it is in the
Philippines.”
ØReasons why Rizal knew
that his homecoming in the
Philippines would mean
danger to his life.
-He was forced to indict
two letters. Entrusted to
Dr. Lorenzo Cruz, the
letters will be given to his
parents, brothers, sisters,
friends, and most of all to
his beloved native land if
 In his letter to his family and
friends, he divulged his belief
to die for a noble deed.
 For his letter to his fellow
countrymen, he shared with
them that he only followed
the dictum of his conscience
and that he would rather
choose to die for his loved
ones and for his native soil.
●Rizal went to Manila on
June 21, 1892, together with
Lucia.
In the Pier, Spanish soldiers with
some of the officers of the civil
guards came to inspect them.
He met the Governor in the
Malacañang Palace to request for
the postponement of the exile of
his father, sisters, and his brother –
in-laqw Ubaldo. He was able to
convince the Governor.
He was informed by the Governor
that the inspectors find “Pobres
Prailes” (Pitiful Friars), in his
baggage. The friars learned about,
 The Prize of Laong Laan’s
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 Entrapment
According to Father Pablo Pastells’(Superior of
the Jesuit Organization in the Philippines) –
 Rizal couuld only reside in a missionary house
providing that the following conditions were met:

Ø1. if Rizal will retract from all his

acusations against the CATHOLIC Church
and if would declare pro-Spanisish and
anti-rebellion.
Ø2. of Rizal would follow the ordinances of
the Catholic Church and if he would confess
for all the sins he committed throughout
his life.
Ø3. if his attitude of a person who was
submitting himself to the custody of the
Catholic Church and to the jurisdiction of
the Spanish Government.
 Rizal disagreed to the aforesaid
conditions. As a result, Rizal
was ordered to reside at
Captain Carnicero’s house.
- They became close and Captain
Carnicero admired Rizal for his good
behavior and wonderful personality.
-They ate together in one table
while they were having tete-a-tete.
Carnicero had proven that Rizal was
not really a bad person or even a
rebel.
-To Governor Despujol, Carnicero
reported good things about his
 - Captain Carnicero gave Rizal a
complete freedom. Rizal was free to
go anywhere and he was only given
once a week to report.
-Rizal created a poem for Captain
Carnicero. It was entitled “DON
RICARDO CARCINERO” which he
presented on Carcinero’s birthday on
August 26, 1892.
-May 4, 1893, Captain Carnicero
left Dapitan and a very strict
commandant in the person of
Captain Juan Sitges replaced him.
After some days, he became close to
● Rizal’s Life in Dapitan
 He established his own house,
surrounded with plants, and fruit
bearing trees at the nearby
seashore.
 He also made a house for his young
student boys.
 Rizal devoted all his precious time
in treating his patients, research-
study, and in the development of
his knowledge in art, literature,
education, language, and science.
 He also dedicated his time to
farming, business activities, civic
projects, as well as exchanging
letters with Blumentrit, Joest, Rost,
Rizal as a Doctor in
●

Dapitan
 as a dodtor, Rizal did not choose a patient
based on his social status.
 He treated his patient no matter how poor
he was. He did not ask payment from poor
patients, amd instead he had given them
free nedicines.
 His mother, Doña Teodora and his sister
Maria arrived in Dapitan in August, 1893. He
treated his mother for the third time. Doña
Teodora and mria reside with Rizal in
Dapitan for one and a half year, because his
mother’s eyes were infected.
Rizal as an Engineer
●

He was able to establish

waterworks system in Dapitan,
so that its residents could have
clean water to drink.
Mr. H. F. Cameron, an American
Engineer, praised Rizal for the
wonderful invention.
Rizal’s Cicic Projects for
●

Dapitan
 he devoted his time for so many
months treating the malaria epidemic
that was spreading throughout the
place.
 Another project was the beautification
of Dapitan.
 Rizal made artistic innovation at the
Dapitan Park to augment its beautiful
surrounding.
 Rizal use the five hundred pesos that
he received from his Englishman
patient, in putting up oil lamps at the
Rizal as a Teacher
●

he establish his own school. He only

accepted boy students being chosen
from well-known families.
He didn’t ask the students for
payment but instead ask them to
help in his projects, farm and
garden.
He taught them Reading, Writing,
Languages, (Spanish and English),
etc.
●Rizal’s contribution to Science,
Language Study, Art Creation in
Dapitan
 Rizal sent different specimens of
plants, creatures , insects, etc. in
different museums in Europe. In
return, the museums send them
science books, and medical
instruments as a payment.
 He mastered different languages,
mastering 22 languages.
 He donated several artifacts in
Dapitan’s beautification.
Rizal as a Farmer,
●

Businessman, Inventor.
 In his sixteen hectares of land in
Dapitan, he established his own house,
hospital, and school. Planted cacao,
coffee, sugarcane, coconut and
different fruit bearing trees.
 He shared his capital in the selling of
fish, copra and abaca.
 He invented a cigarette box that he offered
to Blumentritt.
 He also invented a machine for the
production of ladrilyo.
Causes of the Problem:
 First, he published books and articles in
other countries that criticized the
Mother Spain
-He made criticism on Catholicism
and the Spanish friars.
Second, some prohibited reading
materials like the “Pobres Prailes” were
fouind in his baggage
Third, he offered his novels “El
Filibusterismo” to the three priest-
martyrs named Gomez, Burgos, and
Zamora.
Effects of the Problem: Rizal’s
Exile in Dapitan
Ø He was exiled to Dpitan because of the
confiscated reading material.
Ø La Liga Filipina’s purposes:
1. to establish unity with the town
officials in the introduction of new reforms
to the government;
2. to unite the Filipino people across
the Archipelago through strong solidarity;
3. to help one another in time of
exigencies;
4. to defend the Filipino people in any
form of crime or injustice; and
5. to develop their living condition
through farming, commerce, and industry.
CONCLUSION:
Rizal’s homecoming plays a
significant role in the lives of the
Filipinos. His writings serve as
valuable weapon for us to gain
freedom. Jose Rizal, didn’t give up in
fighting for our native land.
Realizing the sacrifices that he had
gone through, as a Filipino, we must
show our love and respect to our
country. Rizal’s priciples was so
tough that he fight for his right and
he fight for the sake of the
Philippines, knowing that it would