Leitmeritz, Bohemia, Austria Is Paciano the noble, another victim of the bailiffs? – Newspaper campaign to denounce to the world the inhuman and barbaric violation of the most sacred human rights – Blumentritt recommends: “Ask the queen for protection against the...
Rizal without the Overcoat
20 August 1890
Madrid Madrid, 20 August 1890 …If the authorities in the Philippines were enlightened, there would not be treacherous administrative proceedings, nor vile tricks, nor infamies. I see the hand of Providence in the deportation to far-away places of enlightened persons...
13 August 1890
Houlgate - France Even the son of Barrantes is against him – Requests the payment of his brother’s boarding-house expenses – On Rizal’s projected return to the Philippines – And the second part of the celebrated Noli? – Luna offers to illustrate it – Make of the...
11 August 1890
Manila 11 August 1890 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL DEAR JOSÉ: Enclosed are Paciano's power of attorney and his letter, and through this and mine you will learn about the unhappy incident which occurred here recently in connection with the friar estate. On the 6th of this month, at...
4 August 1890
Hong Kong Hong Kong, 4 August 1890 MR. JOSE RIZAL Brussels DEAR FRIEND AND COMPATRIOT: Yesterday I received your letter of 11 July and I am glad to know you are in good health. I received your letter for your family and I shall be glad to forward it through the first...
29 July 1890
Brussels Brussels, 29 July 1890 MR. MARIANO PONCE Rambla de Canaletas 2-3 Barcelona, Spain MY FAVORITE FRIEND: I am leaving from here to Madrid at the beginning of next month. I hope I would find you and del Pilar there. Serrano is also going there. I will arrive at...
24 July 1890
Benzeval-Houlgate Form Touvill to Benzeval – Juan Lina visits Madrid – The Filipino colony: all like before – Through the influence of Antonio Luna the Filipinos have taken up fencing – The fame of being brave and strong – A position for Antonio in La Solidaridad –...
23 July 1890
Leitmeritz, Bohemia, Austria Blumentritt is saddened by Rizal’s departure for his native land: “Don’t go to the Philippines but to Madrid where you can serve your country better.” – He believes that Tagalog, Bisayan, and Ilocano will absorb all the rest of the...
20 July 1890
Brussels Brussels, 20 July 1890 (Mr. Marcelo H. del Pilar) 43 atocha, Madrid, Espana) MY FAVORITE FRIEND: Enclosed you will receive the continuation of the “Indolence of the Filipinos” including the power of attorney brought by our friend Serrano concerning the...
20 July 1890
Rue de Champagne, Brussels The case of the estate against the friars has been lost – Rizal is determined to return to the native country though he may have “to pass over serpents and vipers.” – “Those peoples would better be assimilated by a greater Malayan nation...