Chapter 14:

Rizal in London
(1988-1989)

Stay in London
3 reasons why he
stayed there:
To improve the his
knowledge of the
English Language

London was a safe

place for him to
carry on his fight
against Spanish
Tyranny

Filipiniana
studies
Completing
annotating
Morgas books
Wrote many articles in La
Solidaridad
Penned Young Women of
Malolos
Had romance with Gertrude
Beckett

Life in London

Trip across the Atlantic

+Made friends in his
atlantic voyage
+Amazed some
American and
European passengers
+Had a chat with
newspaper men but
+Arrived
on Liverpool May 24, 1888
became disappointed
Liverpool is a big and beautiful city and
its celebrated port is worthy of its great
fame. The entrance is magnificent and the
custom house is quite good.

Went to London May 25,

1888
Stayed as a guest at Dr.
Regidors home
Became a boarder at the
Becketts by the end of
May
Was called Pearl of Man
by Dr. Reinhold Rost
Played Cricket and
Boxing with Dr. Rosts
sons.

Good and Bad News

from home

Bad News

Persecution of the Filipino patriots who

signed the Anti-friar Petition of 1888
Persecution of Calamba tenants
Furious attacks on Rizal by Senator
Salamanca and Vida in the Spanish
Cortes and by Desengaos (Wenseslao E.
Retana) and Quioquiap (Pablo Feced) in
spanish newspapers
Rizals brother-in-law, Manuel Hidalgo
was exiled in Bohol
Laureano Viado, his friend was arrested
and jailed because copies of Noli were
found in his house

GOOD NEWS
Rev. Vicente Garcias defended Noli against the
attacks of the friars.
Content of the letter
We young Filipinos are trying to make over a
nation and must not halt in our onward march, but
from time to time turn our gaze upon our elders. We
shall wish to read in their contenances approval of
our actions. We are anxious to learn of the
Philippines past which we need to understand in
order to plan intelligently for the future. We want to
know all that our ancestors knew, and then add our
own studies to theirs. Thus we shall progress the
faster because we can go on from where they left
off.

Annotating Morgas book

Spent many days in the
reading room of the British
Museum reading Morgas
books and old stories of
the Philippines
Wrote a letter to
Blumentritt on Sept. 17,
1888
Mariano Ponce urged him
to edit a newspaper but
refused

Rizal became the leader

of Filipinos in Europe
Chosen to be honorary
president
Wrote a letter of thanks
adressed to the
members of Asociacion
La Solidaridad on Jan.
28, 1889
Letter content
When defeated
never surrender

Rizal and the La

Solidaridad paper

Graciano Lopez
founded La
Solidaridad on
Feb.15,1889 at
Barcelona
Marcelo H. del Pilar
about their
newspaper
Rizal congratulated
Lopez Jaena and the

First Article in La
Solidaridad
Los Agricultores
Filipinos (The
Filipino
Farmers)
Published
Mar. 25, 1889
Depicted the
deplorable
conditions in
the
Philippines
which cause
the

Writings in London
La Vision del Fray
Rodriguez (The
vision of Fray
Rodriguez)
Published at
Barcelona
Letter to the
Young Women of
Malolos
Specimens of
Tagalog Folklore
Two Eastern
Fables
Requested by:

Romance with Gertrude

Beckett