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Back To Hong Kong and The Philippines

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Back to Hong Kong

and the Philippines


Topics:
• Life in Hong Kong
• Reawakening of Interest in Politics
• The Borneo Colonization Project
• A Hope for the Realization of the North Borneo
Project
• Writings in Hong Kong
• Rizal Lays Down the Basis of the La Liga Filipina
• The Decision to return to the Philippines
• Back to the Philippines
• The Founding of the La Liga Filipina
• Rizal Deported to Dapitan
Life in Hong Kong

• Arrived November 20,1891


• On Board Melbourne (Steamer)
• No. 5 D’Aguilar Street,
No. 2 Rednaxola Terrace
• Opened a Medical Clinic
• Dr. Lorenzo P. Marquez
Reawakening of Interest in Politics
• Blumentritt:
“Whoever begins a revolution should have at
least the probability of success.”
Four Conditions:
1.A part of the Army and Navy should Rebel
2.The Metropolis should be at war with another
country.
3.There were money and munitions
4.Some foreign country were to lend official or
secret support
The Borneo Colonization Project

• Governor-General Valeriano Weyler


• “Butcher of Cuba”
• Planned & Visited North Borneo on
March 7,1892
• 100k Acres for 999 Years (Free of Charge)
A Hope for the Realization
of the North Borneo Project
• Governor-General Eulogio Despujol
• December 23,1891
• Congratulatory Letter ( Failed )
• Second Letter ( No Formal Reply )
• Was informed by the Consul-General in Hong
Kong that his request was Unacceptable.
• Two Reasons:
-The Colony Lacked Workers
-Leaving the Country and cultivating a
foreign soil would mean becoming unpatriotic to
Spain.
Writings in Hong Kong
• Ang Mga Karapatan Nang Tao

• A la Nacion EspaÑola

• Sa Mga Kababayan
Rizal Lays Down the
Basis of the La Liga Filipina
• Motto : Unus Instar Omnium / One Like All
• Aims:
- The Unification of the Archipelago into a
vigorous, compact body
- Mutual protection in every want or necessity
- Defense against all forms of violence and
injustice
- Stimulation of Instruction, Agriculture and
Commerce
- Undertaking the study and application of
reforms
• Three Levels of Organizational Councils :
- Popular
- Provincial
- Supreme
• Each Council Consists of :
- Chief
- Fiscal
- Treasurer
- Secretary
- Members
• Supreme Council - Composed of the Chiefs of the
provincial councils.
• Monthly Due – 10 Centavos
The Decision to return
to the Philippines

• Reasons for the Second Homecoming:


– Obtain Justice and Peace
– Shoulder the burden of all persecutions
against his family
– To do what his conscience tells him to do.
– To prove that reviled Filipinos could die for
their conviction
The Founding of the
La Liga Filipina
• Places he Visited :
- Manila to Bulacan
- Bulacan to San Fernando
- San Fernando to Pampanga
- Pampanga to Tarlac
- Tarlac to Manila
• Hotel Oreinte
• Founding of La Liga Filipina : July 3,1892
Rizal Deported to Dapitan
• July 7,1892 – Deportation to Dapitan
• Charges :
- Publication and introduction of various anti-monastic
books and handbills
- Traveling without permit from the Governor-General
- Founding of the pamphlet “Pobres Frailes”
- Dedication of the El Fili to GomBurZa
- Attempts of de-Catholicizing & denationalizing of the
Filipino People
• Detained for 9 Days
• July 15,1892 – Left Manila for Dapitan
• Division of Liga : Rightist – Cuerpos de Compromisarios
Leftist – KKK / Katipunan

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