THE RESOLUTE PROPAGANDIST

ABDICATES LEADERSHIP
GROUP 2
Alberto, Aragoza, Bolado, Cater, Cerda, Cater, Medrano, Songcayawon
 Rizal Seeks
Justice for his
Family
 Rizal Seeks Justice for his Family

⨳ While Rizal was in Madrid, he exhausted all

available legal remedies to seek justice for his
family and the farmers in Calamba.

⨳ Rizal sought the help of the Association

Hispano-Filipina to seek justice for the
oppressed Calamba tenants and for his family
 Rizal Seeks Justice for his Family

⨳ He made used of the liberal newspapers to

ventilate the grievances of his family and
the oppressed tenants in his hometown.
 Rizal Seeks Justice for his Family

✣ Señor Fabie – the Minister of Colonies

-Where Rizal sought audience with the help of
Marcelo H. Del Pilar (who acted as his lawyer)
and Dominador Gomez(secretary of the
Association).
✣ - Nothing came out with the interview
 Rizal Seeks Justice for his Family

✣ Ferdinand Blumentritt – came to learn of Rizal’s

dilemma.
-Prodded Rizal to bring the case to the Queen Regent
Maria Cristina of Spain.
- Rizal considered Blumentritt’s plan but he had no
financial logistics and influential friends in Madrid
who had access to the Queen.
Death of JOMAPA
(Jose Maria
Panganiban)
 Death of JOMAPA
(Jose Maria Panganiban)
✣ died in August 19, 1890 ✣ The talented co-worker in the
because of an illness. Propaganda Movement.
✣ A hero from Camarines Norte.
✣ When Rizal heard about his
death, he wrote a eulogy for him.
✣ In the said eulogy, he praised
Panganiban for his extraordinary
talent, intelligence and industry.
Aborted Duel
with
Antonio Luna
Aborted Duel with Antonio Luna
✣ In August of 1890, Rizal
attended a social reunion
of Filipinos in Madrid.
✣ Antonio Luna became
intoxicated with alcohol
✣ He was bitter because of
his frustrated romance
with Nellie Boustead.
Aborted Duel with Antonio Luna
✣ Deep in his heart, he blamed Rizal
for his failure to win Nellie’s heart.
✣ In a lot of occasions, Rizal
expressed to Luna that he had
nothing to do with it.
✣ Because of Luna’s alcohol-befogged
mind he uttered nasty comments
about Nellie and this caused Rizal’s
challenging Luna for a duel.
 A Duel
with Retana
 A Duel with Retana
✣ Rizal’s bitter enemy in writing
✣ A press agent of the friars in the
Philippines.
✣ Published articles in the anti-Filipino
newspaper La Epoca.
✣ In one of his articles, he wrote about
the ejection of the Rizal family and
relatives from the lands that they were
tilling for their failure to pay their
WENCESLAO RETANA
annual rent to the Dominician friars.
 A Duel with Retana
✣ Rizal was insulted in it and challenged
Retana to vindicate the good name of
Rizal’s family and friends.
✣ Retana published a retraction and
apologies in the newspaper.
✣ They became friends later because
Retana developed a great admiration to
Rizal.
✣ He even wrote the first book-length
WENCESLAO RETANA
biography of Rizal.
The News About
the Marriage of
Leonor Rivera
 The News About the Marriage of
Leonor Rivera
✣ Teatro Apollo – where the expatriates and Rizal watched
a play and also where he lost his gold watch chain with a
locket containing the picture of Leonor Rivera.
✣ Rizal received a letter from Leonor Rivera in 1890 telling
him that she will be married to Charles Henry Kipping,
an Englishman and engineer and the man whom her
mother chose to be her husband.
✣ Ferdinand Blumentritt – tried to make Rizal realized that
Leonor was not the woman for him.
Rizal’s Break with
Del Pilar
 Rizal’s Break with Del Pilar
⨳ Rizal was the undisputed leader of the filipino
expatriates. He believed to earn the respect of
the spaniards was to demonstrate a high sense
of morality and dignity, but Rizal’s idealism
wasn’t accepted by his fellow expatriates. This
caused them to shy away from Rizal and
questioning his leadership. This resulted in
some of the expatriates to shift their loyalty to
Del Pilar.
 Rizal’s Break with Del Pilar
⨳ Del Pilar was Rizal’s rival for leadership. Del
Pilar was a modern politician. Rizal and Del
Pilar’s rift worsened when they argued about
how to run the La Solidaridad. In order to
prevent the two from splitting up, they held a
meeting to elect someone who was to handle the
affairs of the Filipino community. Due to the
elections, the expatriates were divided into two.
The Rizalistas and the Pilaristas.
 Rizal’s Break with Del Pilar
⨳ Due to Rizal walking out during balloting,
Del Pilar told Mariano Ponce to convince
the Pilaristas to vote for Rizal, but he did
not accept the position because he felt
that it was an insult and that Del Pilar
should have withdrawn his candidacy.
 Rizal’s Break with Del Pilar
✣ The expatriates had a de facto leader which was Marcelo
H. Del Pilar, which caused Rizal to leave the city.
✣ This begins the question of who was the better
politician. For Guerrero, Del Pilar was the better
politician for he possessed all the qualities to succeed in
politics.
✣ Rizal and Del Pilar’s rift intensified and the mews
reached manila and caused the people who support the
propaganda to tell Juan Zulueta to reconcile the two but
Rizal still withdrew his position and left Madrid.
An Affair with
Nelly Boustead
An Affair with Nelly Boustead
⨳ Rizal arrived in Biarritz in the early part of
February 1891 where he stayed with
Bousteads
⨳ Having lost for Leonor Rivera, he became
attracted to Nellie
⨳ For him, Nellie was an epitome of a real
Filipina, virtuous, highly intelligent and full
of life
An Affair with Nelly Boustead
⨳ He even communicated to his friends his
intention of marrying Nellie
⨳ Luna convince Rizal to push through with it
⨳ Rizal succeeded to won the love and affection
of Nellie where Luna failed
⨳ Unfortunately, the affair failed because of two
reasons…
An Affair with Nelly Boustead
⨳ 1. Rizal did not give up his Catholic faith in
exchange for the love of Nellie, who was a
devout Protestant
⨳ 2. He was not acceptable to Nelly’s mother
because of his financial status and dangers he
was facing as an enemy of friars
⨳ THE TWO PARTED WAYS AS GOOD
FRIENDS
An Affair with Nelly Boustead
⨳ Biarritz
■ It was in this city where he completed his

manuscript of his second novel , EL

FILIBUSTERISMO
 To Paris and
Brussels Once
Again
To Paris and Brussels Once Again
⨳ Rizal left Biarritz on March 30, 1891 and
from there he traveled to Paris by train
⨳ He stayed for the meantime in residence of
his friend Valentin Ventura
⨳ Upon arriving, he wrote letters to Jose Maria
Basa
To Paris and Brussels Once Again
⨳ From Paris, he went to Brussels where he met
again the Petit Suzanne, with whom he had a
love affair before
⨳ He informed the Propaganda authorities
about his decision to retire from reform
movement and stopped contributing articles
for Soli
To Paris and Brussels Once Again
⨳ After retiring from the reform movement, he
concentrated in revising the manuscript of El
Filibusterismo
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