La Liga Filipina In June 26, 1892, Jose Rizal returned to the Philippines and proposed the establishment of a civic

c organization called La Liga Filipina. At the house of Doroteo Ongjunco at Ilaya Street, Tondo, Manila This constituted a forward step in the reformist ideas of the times in the sense that the new group sought to involve the people directly in the reform movement. The league was to be a sort of mutual aid and self-help society dispensing scholarship funds and legal aid, loaning capital and setting up cooperatives. Andres Bonifacio was also attracted to the Liga, who became one of the founders of the organization. La Liga Filipina had no intention of rising up in arms against the government; but the Spanish officials still felt threatened. On the night of July 3, 1892, at a house in Tondo, Rizal founded and inaugurated La Liga Filipina. Elected the following officers: President Fiscal Treasurer Secretary : : : : Ambrosio Salvador Agustin dela Rosa Bonifacio Arevalo Deodato Arellano

Rizal functioned as its adviser.

La Liga Filipina aimed to: Unite the whole country Protect and assist all members Fight violence and injustice Support education Study and implement reforms

The aims of the Liga were to be carried out through the creation of a governing body composed of the Supreme Council, the Provincial Council, and the Popular Council. The members were each to pay ten centavos as monthly dues. Each of the members was free to choose a symbolic name for himself . The funds of the society were to be used in the following manner: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The member or his son who, while not having the means shall show application and great capacity, shall be sustained; The poor shall be supported in his right against any powerful person; The member who shall have suffered any loss shall be aided; Capital shall be loaned to the member who shall need it for an industry or agriculture; The introduction of machines and industries, new or necessary in the country, shall be favored; and Shops, stores, and establishment shall be opened where the members may be accommodated move economically than elsewhere.

The Spanish authorities were so alarmed that On July 6, 1892 only three days after La Liga Filipinas establishment, Jose Rizal was secretly arrested. The next day, Governor General Eulogio Despujol ordered Rizals deportation to Dapitan, a small, secluded town in Zamboanga. The Liga became inactive until, through the efforts of Domingo Franco and Andres Bonifacio in particular exerted great efforts to organize chapters in various districts of Manila, it was reorganized. Apolinario Mabini became the secretary of the Supreme Council. Upon his suggestion, the organization decided to declare its support for La Solidaridad and the reforms it advocated, raise funds for the paper, and defray the expenses of deputies advocating reforms for the country before the Spanish Cortes.

NEW SET OF OFFICERS AFTER THE EXILE OF RIZAL: Domingo Franco Deodato Arellano Isidro Francisco Apolinario Mabini Marcelo H. del Pilar Graciano Lopez Jaena : : : : : : President and Supreme leader Secretary-Treasurer Fiscal Secretary editor-in-chief former editor-in-chief

THE SPLIT

.The Liga membership split into two groups: the conservatives formed the Cuerpo de Compromisarios which pledged to continue supporting the La Solidaridad while the radicals led by Bonifacio devoted themselves to a new and secret society, the Katipunan, which Bonifacio had organized on the very day Rizal was deported to Dapitan. Andres Bonifacio was one of those who believed that the only way to achieve meaningful change was through a bloody revolution.

Other members: Andres Bonifacio, Supreme leader of Katipunan and led the Cry of Pugadlawin. Mamerto Natividad, One of the leaders of the revolution in Nueva Ecija. Moises Salvador, Master of lodge of the mason in Balagtas. Numeriano Adriano, Chief guard of lodge of the mason in Balagtas. Jos A. Dizon, Master of lodge of the mason in Taliba. Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista, War adviser during First Philippine Republic, Author of Philippine Declaration of Independence. Timoteo Lanuza, Stated the depose to dispel the Spanish frail in the Philippine in 1889. Marcelino de Santos, Bidder and assistant of La Solidaridad. Paulino Zamora, Master of lodge of the mason in Lusong. Procopio Bonifacio Juan Zulueta, Member of lodge of the mason in Lusong, Member of Supreme Council. Doroteo Ongjunco, Member of lodge of the mason in Lusong Arcadio del Rosario,Publicist of lodge of the mason in Balagtas. Timoteo Paez, Member of Supreme Council