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Rizal'S Second Sojourn in Paris and The Universal Exposition of 1889

Rizal lived in a small room in Paris with other Filipino expatriates as he found it difficult to find housing. He spent time at the National Library and socialized with other Filipinos. Rizal was not awarded a prize at the International Art Competition but other Filipinos like Luna and Pardo de Tavera won prizes. Rizal founded several organizations like the Kidlat Club and R.D.L.M. Society while in Paris and proposed the idea of an International Association of Filipinologists. He published annotated editions of Morga's book and the pamphlet "Por Telefono". Rizal visited London briefly around Christmas before returning to Paris where an influenza epidemic was

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Rizal'S Second Sojourn in Paris and The Universal Exposition of 1889

Rizal lived in a small room in Paris with other Filipino expatriates as he found it difficult to find housing. He spent time at the National Library and socialized with other Filipinos. Rizal was not awarded a prize at the International Art Competition but other Filipinos like Luna and Pardo de Tavera won prizes. Rizal founded several organizations like the Kidlat Club and R.D.L.M. Society while in Paris and proposed the idea of an International Association of Filipinologists. He published annotated editions of Morga's book and the pamphlet "Por Telefono". Rizal visited London briefly around Christmas before returning to Paris where an influenza epidemic was

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CHAPTER 15:

RIZAL’S SECOND
SOJOURN IN PARIS
AND THE UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION OF 1889
Difficulty of Finding Quarters
o March 1889 – its difficult to a visitor
to find a living quarter

o May 6, 1889 – Universal Exposition

o Valentin Ventura
– No. 45 Rue Maubeug
– published his annotated edition of
Morga’s book
o Rizal lived in a little room with:

 Capt. Justo Trinidad


– former gobernadorcillo of Sta.
Ana Manila & a refugee of Spanish
Tyranny

 Jose Albert
– young student from Manila
Life in Paris
o Bibliotheque Nationale
(National Library)

o In his spare hours , Rizal dined at the


homes of:
 Pardo de Taveras
 Venturas
 Bousteads
 The Lunas
Pardo de Taveras

o Don Joaquin Pardo de Tavera

o Dr. Trinidad H. Pardo de Tavera –


physician by vocation and philologist by
avocation

o Dr. Felix Pardo de Tavera – physician by


vocation and sculptor by avocation

o Paz Pardo de Tavera – wife of Juan Luna


Juan Luna & Paz Pardo de Tavera

o Andres “Luling” – 1st child

o “Maria de la Paz, Blanca, Laureana,


Hermenegilda Juana Luna y Pardo de
Tavera“
June 24, 1889
• He wrote a letter to his family in
Calamba dated:

May 16, 1889


September 21, 1889
Rizal and the Paris Exposition in 1889

o May 6, 1889

o Eiffel Tower
- Alexander Eiffel

o President Sadi Carnot of the third french


republic
International Art Competition

o Felix R. Hidalgo 2nd price

o Juan Luna 3rd price

o Felix Pardo de Tavera 3rd price

o Jose Rizal No price


Kidlat Club
March 19, 1889

o Members:
Antonio and Juan Luna
Lauro Dimayuga
Gregorio Aguilera
Julio Llorente
Fernando Canon
Guillermo Puatu
o March 19, 1889- wrote a letter to
Bluementritt

“ Today we have form a Kidlat Club.


Kidlat in tagalog means “lightning”
and for the same reasons this club will
last only during the Exposition. We
have thought of it and formed it in one
hour. It will disappear also like
lightning”
Indios Bravos
o Amazed to see the Buffalo Bull show which
features American Indians.

o Brave Indians

o They pledged to excel in intellectual and


physical prowess to win the admiration
foreigners
– Practiced to used sword and pistols
– Judo (self defense)
R.D.L.M Society
o A mysterious society founded by Rizal

o this secret society was mentioned in


only two letters:
(1)Rizal’s letter to Jose Maria Basa,
Paris, September 21, 1889
(2)Rizal’s letter to Marcelo H. del Pilar,
Paris, November 4, 1889
o Dr. Leoncio Lopez- Rizal (gradnephew
of Rizal)

o “Redencion de Los Malayos”


(Redemption of the Malays)

o Patterned after Freemasonry

“the members not knowing each other”


o Members:
Gregorio Aguilera Mariano Ponce
Jose Ma. Basa Baldomero Roxas
Julio Llorente Marcelo H. del Pilar
Fr. Jose Maria Changco

o Aim:
 Propagation of all useful knowledge –
scientific, artistic, literary, etc. – in the
Philippines”

 The redemption of the Malay race


o Max Havelaar written by Multatuli
(pseudonym of E.D. Dekker)

• Rizals colonization project in Borneo

• Letter to Blumentritt (February


23,1892)
Annotated Edition of Morga Sucesos

o Outstanding achievements in Paris


(1890)

o Wrote in the British Museum

o Printed by Garnier Freres

o Prologue was written by Professor


Bluementrit
o Bluementritt revelead Rizal’s error,
namely:

(1) Rizal commits the error of many


historians in appraising the events of the
past in the light of present standards

(2) Rizal’s attacks on the Church were


unfair and unjustified because the
abuses of the friars should not be
condtrued to mean that Catholicism is
bad.
o Proved that were already civilized
before the advent of Spain

– Clothes, government, laws, writing,


literature, religion, arts, sciences
and commerce with neighboring
Asian nations.
Comment on Morga’s Publication Date

o Title page of Rizal’s annotated edition


of Morga reads:
“Paris, Libreria de Garnier
Hermanos, 1890”

o Three letters dated 1889– from


Bluementritt, B. Roxas and M. Ponce
Rizal as Historian
o Research studies in
– British Museum (London)
– Bibliotique Nationale (Paris)

o Knowledge in foreign language

o He acquired wide knowledge not only of


the Philippine history, but also the
history of European colonization in Asia.
o Rizal wrote other works which qualify
him to be a real historian

– Filipinas dentro de Cien Anos


(The Philippines Within a Century)

– Sobre la Indolencia de los Filipinos


(The Indolence of the Filipinos)
International Association of Filipinologist

o January 14, 1889 – submitted this


idea to Bluementritt

o To study the Philippines from the


scientific and historical point of view
o The officers were follows

President: Dr. Fedinand Bluementritt


Vice President: Mr. Edmund Plauchut
Counsellor: Dr. Reinhold Rost
Counsellor: Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor
Secretary: Dr. Jose Rizal

o August 1889 – scheduled the holding of


Inaugural Convention
Project for Filipino in Hongkong
• This college aims “to train and
educate men of good family and
financial means in accordance with
the demands of modern times and
circumstances”

• Mr. Mariano Cunanan – a rich filipino


resident in Paris
Por Telefono
o Published in booklet form in
Barcelona, 1889

o Dimas Alang (one of Rizal’s pen-


names)

o Demonstrates Rizal’s:
Sparkling wit
Prophetic insights
o History shows that the first radio-
telegraph signals received by Marconi
across the Atlantic was 1901 – twelve
years after the publication Rizal’s Por
Telefono
Christmas in Paris
o December 25, 1889 – planned to have
a sumptous dinner

o He made a brief visit in London, it may


be due in two reasons:
(1) to check up his annotated edition of
Morga’s Sucesos with the original copy
in the British Museum
(2) Too see Gertrude Beckett for the
last time
o Mid of January 1890 – he was back
in Paris

o Epidemic of influenza was raging in


Europe

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