Onthewaytotheorient

OnOctober18.1891,JoseRizaldecidedtogo
home.
TheSteamshipwenttodifferentstopovers:
Alexandria,AdenandColombo.
RizalarrivedonHongKongonNovember20,
1891
InHongKong,RizalstayedatVictoriaHotel.
Rizalalsopracticedmedicalinordertosupport
himselfandhisfamilyinHongKong.
Dr.LorenzoP.Marquesintroducedhisclientsto
Rizal.
Dr.JoseRizalbecameawell-knownmedical
practitionerinHongKong.
ReasonswhyRizalreturnedtoManila
ToconferwithGovernorDespujol
regardinghisBorneoColonizationproject.
ToestablishLaLigaFilipinainManila.
ToprovethatEduardodeletesaccusations
waswrong.
RizalInManila
WhileJoseRizalwasaboardtheSSMelbourne
forManila,theSpanishauthoritieswere
planningtoarresthim.
UponhisdepartureinHongKong,theSpanish
consulgeneralimmediatelysentacablegramto
SpanishGovernor-GeneralDespujol.
FivedaysbeforethearrivalinManila,the
SpanishauthoritiesfiledacaseagainstRizaland
hisfollowers.
TheSpanishGovernor-Generalalsomadesure
thatRizalhadnotacquiredGermancitizenship.
OnJune26,1892at12oclocknoon.Rizal
arrivedatManilawithhissisterLucia.
HedecidedtopersonallyvisitGovernor-General
DespujolinMalacanangPalaceonlytoknow
thattheGovernor-Generalwasunavailable.
VisitingfriendsinCentral
Luzon
OnJune27,1892at6pm,Rizalboardedatrainin
TutubanStationandvisitedhisfriendsinMalolos
(Bulacan),Tarlac(Tarlac),andBacolor(Pampanga).
Hewaswarmlywelcomedandentertainedatthe
homesofhisfriends.
OnJune28,1892at5oclockintheafternoon,Rizal
returnedtoManila.
Whetherheknewitornot,hewasshadowedby
governmentspieswhowatchedcarefullyhisevery
movement.
Thehomeshehasvisitedwasraidedbythe
GuardiaCivil,whichseizedsomecopiesofNoliand
FiliandsomesubversivePamphlets.
AfterRizalsvisittohisfriendsinCentralLuzon,he
hadotherinterviewswithGovernor-General
Despujol.
EstablishmentsofLaLiga
Filipina
OntheeveningofSunday,July3,1892,Rizal
attendedameetingofthepatriotsatthehomeof
Chinese-Filipinomestizo,DoroteoOnjunco,on
YlayaStreet,Tondo,Manila.
Among thosepresentswere:
PedroSerrano
DomingoFranco
JoseA.Ramos
AmbrosioSalvador
BonifacioArevalo
DeodatoArellano
AmbrosioFlores
AgustinDeLaRosa
MoisesSalvador


RizalexplainedtheobjectivesoftheLigaFilipina,a
civicleagueofFilipinos,whichhedesiredto
establishanditsroletosocio-economiclifeof
people.HepresentedtheconstitutionoftheLiga
whichhehadwritteninHongKonganddiscussed
itsprovisions.
ItwasgovernedbySupremeCouncilthathada
nationaljurisdictionwhichwascomposedofa
president,asecretary,atresurer,andafiscal.
Italsohadaprovincialandpopularcouncil
OfficeroftheSupremeCouncil:
AmbrosioSalvadorPresident
DeodatoArellanoSecretary
BonifacioArevaloTresurer
AgustinDeLaRosaFiscal

RizalinFortSantiago
ThreedaysafterhislastmeetingwithGovernor-General
Despujol,RizalwasarrestedanddetainedinFortSantiago
Whilehewaspresentinghisproposalsforsocio-political
reforms,Governor-GeneralDespujolpresentedpamphlets
whichcontainedsubversiveleafletswrittenbyFatherJacinto-
PobresFrailes(PoorFriars).
JoseRizaldeniedtheaccusationofDespujolthatneitherhe
norLuciapossessedthissubversivematerial;hearguedthat
theywereclearedevenbeforetheyarrivednthePhilipines
fromHongKong.
ExileinDapitan
Rizalwroteandpublishedseveralsubversiveliterary
workssuchastheNoliandElFili.
Theretrievalofanti-governmentleafletsintheirbaggage
whentheyarrivedinManilafromHongKong.
RizalsElFilibusterismowasdedicatedtoGOM-BUR-ZA.
TheSpanishauthoritiesalsoarguedthatthemain
purposeofhisliterarymasterpiecesastoseparatethe
Philippinesfromthespiritualideologiesofthechurch.
TheSteamerCebuwhichbroughtRizaltoDapitan
carriedaletterfromFatherPabloPastells,Superiorof
theJesuitSocietyinthePhilippines.ToFatherAntonio
Obach,JesuitParishPriestinDapitan.Inthisletter,
FatherSuperiorPastellsinformedFatherObachthat
Rizalcouldliveattheparishconventonthefollowing
comditions.
JoseRizal,RicardoCarcinero,andFranciscoEsquillorwon
thesecondprizeinManilaLottery,whichamountedto
20,000pesos.
TheresultoftheManilaLotterywascarriedbyamailboat
namedButuan;itwasmistakenbyCarcineroasavesselof
highSpanishofficial.
TheCashprizewasdividedintothree;JoseRizalgothis
sharewiththeamountof6,600pesos.
Hespenthalfofthepricemoneyacquiring,titling,and
developingneglectedpieceofseasideproperty;hesentthe
otherhalftohisfather.
ThedebatebetweenRizalandFatherPastells
startedwhenthefriaraskedhimtorefrainfrom
practicinghisanti-Catholicbeliefs.
WhileinDapitan,FatherPastellsattemptedto
bringbackRizalintoCatholicism.