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• Rizal decided to return to the Philippines


  August 1886
• Rizal's journey to the Philippines

  1. Left Rome by train for Marseilles

  2. Boarded the Djemnah bound to Saigon

  3. Arrived in Saigon, transferred to the steamer Haifong

  4. Arrived in Manila
• Rizal arrived in Saigon

  July 30, 1886
• Rizal arrived in Manila


  August 6, 1886
• Rizal reached Calamba


  August 7, 1886
• Rizal's actions in Calamba


  • Turned the ground floor of their house into a medical clinic
  • Successfully restored the eyesight of his mother who had double cataracts
• The good news of Rizal's medical success spread quickly and many sick people sought his help
• Rizal's professional fee


  • If the patient is poor, a simple "thank you" is enough
  • If the patient is rich, he would charge in the European way
• The people called Rizal "Dr. Uleman" having arrived from Germany
• Rizal shared his blessings with his townmates by building a gymnasium for the youth to discourage gambling
• Rizal failed to see Leonor during his six months' vacation due to conflicts between their parents
• Summons


  A writ commanding the sheriff, or other authorized officer, to notify a party to appear in court to answer a complaint made against him
• Rizal went to Malacañang to answer any question surrounding his novel Noli Me Tangere
• Rizal denied that he was a spy from Germany and explained that he was only expressing the truth of what is going on in society in his novel
• The Governor was satisfied with Rizal's answer and asked for a copy of the novel, since he had not read it himself
• Rizal's enemies accused the novel of having subversive ideas against the church and the Spanish government

  
• The Governor assigned a bodyguard, a young Spanish Lieutenant Don Jose Taviel de Andrade, to protect Rizal
• The powerful friars put the novel under strict scrutiny headed by Manila Archbishop Messenger Pedro Payo
• The Permanent Commission on Censorship, headed by Fr. Salvador Font, found the novel to have subversive ideas against the Church and the Spanish government and recommended that it be banned
• The ban only made the Filipinos more curious in reading the novel, and its price was exorbitantly priced
• Rizal's enemies from the Church

  • Manila Archbishop Messenger Pedro Payo
  • UST Rector Father Gregorio Echevarria
  • Father Salvador Font - head of the Permanent Commission on Censorship
  • Father Jose Rodriguez
• Rizal's allies


  • Marcelo H. Del Pilar (pen name Dolores Manapat)
  • Father Francisco Sanchez
• General Weyler began enforcing the will of the Dominicans by sending artillery and military forces to Calamba to demolish the houses of Rizal's family and other tenants


  September 6, 1890
• The Dominicans forbade the rest of the townspeople from giving the evicted tenants lodging and hospitality
• By the end of September 400 tenants had been evicted
• The Dominicans put pressure on Malacañang to eliminate Rizal, and Governor-general Terrero advised Rizal to leave the Philippines for his own good
• The Dominicans were paying the government only the income tax due on the original smaller hacienda, while claiming a much more extensive area
• Rizal wrote a report on the Dominican corruption and financial deceit, which was signed by the tenants and submitted to the government

  
• Rizal was forced to leave the Philippines for the second time, hounded by powerful enemies

  1888
• Rizal's journey from the Philippines to Hong Kong

  1. Left via the steamer Zafiro bound for Hong Kong

  2. Did not get off the ship in Amoy, Hong Kong due to illness, rain, and hearing the city was dirty
• Jose Sainz de Varanda, a Spaniard and former secretary of Governor-General Terrero, shadowed Rizal's movement in Hong Kong
• Rizal visited Macau, a Portuguese colony near Hong Kong, and stayed with Don Juan Francisco Lecaros, a Filipino gentleman married to a Portuguese lady
• During his two-week vacation in Hong Kong, Rizal studied Chinese life, language, drama and customs
• Rizal found that the Dominican Order had millions of dollars deposited in various banks in Hong Kong earning very high interests
• Rizal's journey from Hong Kong to Japan


  1. Left Hong Kong on board the Oceanic, an American steamer, bound for Japan

  2. Arrived in Yokohama, Japan and stayed in the Grand Hotel

  3. Went to Tokyo and stayed in Tokyo Hotel for five days

  4. Accepted an invitation from Juan Perez Caballero, secretary of the Spanish legation, to stay in the Spanish legation
• Rizal's impressions of Japan

  • The scenic beauty of the country
  • The cleanliness, politeness and industry of the Japanese people
  • The picturesque dress and simple charm of the Japanese women
  • Few thieves and rarely seen beggars
  • Disliked the rickshaw as a mode of transportation
• 1. Sei-San


  A former samurai's daughter of 23 years old who had never experienced true love, and became Rizal's guide, interpreter and tutor in Japan
• Rizal fell greatly in-love with O-Sei-San and was tempted to leave the Philippines and settle down in Japan, but was reminded by his brother Paciano of his duty
• 1. Sei-San married Alfred Charlton, a British teacher of chemistry, in 1897, one year after Rizal's execution
• Rizal's journey from Japan to the United States


  1. Left Japan via the ship Belgic, an English steamer in Yokohama bound for United States

  2. Met a semi-Filipino family, Mr. Reinaldo Turner and his wife Emma Jackson, and Tetcho Suehiro, a Japanese journalist and novelist, on the ship