Chapter
10
¥ The publication of Noli Me Tangere caused an uproar
among the friars.
¥Rizal was warned by Paciano (his brother), Silvestre
Ubaldo
(brother-in-law), Chengoy (Jose M. Cecilio), and other
friends not to come home. But he did not heed their
warning.
Rizal’s reasons
1. To operate on his mother’s eyes
2. To serve his people who had long been oppressed by
Spanish tyrants
3. To find out for himself how the Noli and his other
writings
were affecting Filipinos and Spaniards alike in the
◆ From Rome he left by train for Marseilles, a
French Port
◆ July 3, 1887
∙ Rizal boarded the steamer Djemnah
◆ July 30, 1887
∙At Saigon, Rizal transferred to another
steamer
Haiphong which was Manila bound.
◆ August 2, 1887
∙Haiphong left for Manila
◆ August 5, 1887
∙ Near Midnight, Rizal arrived in Manila
◆ Rizal arrived in Calamba on August 8,
1882.
◆ Established a medical clinic and his
first
patient was his mother.
◆ Came to be known as “Doctor
Uliman”
◆ He earned P900 within a few months
as a
physician. By February 1888, he
earned a
total P5,000 as medical fees.
◆ Opened a gymnasium where he
taught
European (fencing, gymnastics,
shooting)
◆ Invitation from Malacanang Palace by
Governor General Emilio Terrero.
- because somebody had whispered to
the Governor General that the Noli
contains subversive ideas.
◆ When Rizal was informed by Governor
General Terrero of the charge, he
denied it, explaining that he merely
exposed the truth, but he did not
advocate subversive ideas.
◆ Pleased by his explanation and
curious about the controversial
book,
the governor general asked the
author for a copy of the Noli so
that
he could read it.
◆ Fortunately, he was able to get a
copy of the Noli and hand it to the
Governor General.
Fr. Federico
Faura
“Everything in it (Noli) was
the
truth.”.
“But you may Lose your head
for it”.
◆ The governor
general knew that
Rizal’s life was in
jeopardy because
the friars were
powerful
◆He assigned a
young spanish
lieutenant,Don
Jose Taviel De
Andrade, a s
bodyguard of
Rizal.
🕆 Governor General Terrero read the Noli and found
nothing wrong with it. But Rizal’s enemies were
powerful.
The Archbishop of Manila,
Msgr. Pedro Payo
◆ sent a copy of the Noli to Father
Rector Gregorio Echevarria of the
University of Santo Tomas for
examination by a committee of the
faculty.
◆ Stated that the Noli was
“heretical, impious, and
scandalous in the religious order,
and anti-patriotic, subversive of
public order, injurious to the
government of Spain and it’s
function in the Philippine Islands in
the political order”.
◆The banning of the Noli only
served
to make it popular and
everybody
◆Thanks
wantedto toGovernor
read it. General
Terrero, there were no mass
imprisonment or mass
execution
of Filipinos.
[Link] no los he de
◆ Cuestiones de leer? (Why should I not
Sumo Interes read them?)
[Link] de ellos.
◆ (Questions of Supreme Porque? (Beware of
Interest) them. Why?)
3.Y que me dice usted de
la peste? (And what can
∙ published by Father you tell me of the
Jose Rodriguez, plague?)
Prior [Link] triunfan los
of Guadalupe impios? (Why do the
∙ to blast Noli and impious triumph?)
[Link] usted que de veras
other no hay purgatorio? (Do
anti-Spanish writings you really think there is
∙ He published a series no purgatory?)
of [Link] o no hay infierno?
(Is there? or Is there no
8 pamphlets under
hell?)
this
[Link] le parece a usted
◆ General Jose Salamanca
◆ General Luis M. de Pando
◆ Sr. Fernando Vida
◆Vicente Barrantes, a Spanish academician
of
Madrid
• bitterly criticized Noli in an article published in
La
Espana Moderna (a newspaper in Madrid) in
January,
1890
◆ Marcelo H. Del Pilar
◆ Graciano Lopez Jaena
◆ Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor
◆ Mariano Ponce
◆ Father Sanchez
◆Don Seguismundo Moret, former Minister of
the
Crown
◆ Dr. Miguel Morayta, historian and
statesman
◆ Professor Blumentritt, scholar and educator
MARIAM°
PONCE
Rev. Vicente Garcia
∙ A Filipino Catholic priest scholar
∙ He used the penname Justo Desiderio
Magalang
1. Rizal cannot be an “ignorant man”, as Fr.
Rodriguez alleged, because he was a
graduate
of Spanish universities and was a recipient
of
scholastic honors.
2. RIZAL DOES NOT ATTACK THE Church and
Spain, as Fr Rodriguez claimed, because
what
Rizal attacked in Noli were the bad Spanish
officials and not Spain, and the bad and
corrupt affairs and not the church
⦿ Beautiful friendship bloomed between
the
two
⦿ What marred Rizal’s happy days in
Calamba
1. The death of her older sister, Olimpia.
2. The groundless tales circulated by his
enemies that he was a German spy, an
agent
of Bismarck, a Protestant, a Mason, a
◆ Governor General Terrero, influenced by
certain
facts in Noli Me Tangere, ordered a
government
investigation of the friar estates to remedy
whatever iniquities might have been
present in
connection with land taxes and tenant
relations.
◆Calamba folks asked for Rizal’s help in
gathering
facts and listing their grievances against
Rizal’s Findings
1. The hacienda of the Dominican Order comprised not
only the lands around Calamba, but also the town of
Calamba
2. The profits of the Dominican Order continually
increased because of the arbitrary increase of the
rentals paid by the tenants
3. The hacienda owner never contributed a single
centavo
for the celebration of the town fiesta, for the education
of the children, and for the improvement of agriculture
4. Tenants who had spent much labor in clearing the
lands
were dispossessed of said lands for flimsy reasons
5. High rates of interest were charged the tenants for
delayed payment of rentals, and when the rentals
could
⦿ One day, Gov. Gen summoned Rizal and
advised him to leave the Philippines for
his
own good.
Rizal’s reasons for leaving Calamba
⦿ His presence in Calamba was
jeopardizing
the safety and happiness of his family
and
friends
◆Shortly before Rizal left Calamba in 1888
his
friend from Lipa requested him to write
a
poem in commemoration of the town’s
elevation to a villa by virtue of the
Becerra
Law of 1888
◆ He wrote a poem dedicated to the
industrious folks of Lipa. This was the