Madrid
November 1888
Antonio Luna
Mr. Jose Rizal
Dear Rizal,
In view of the fact that the Asociacion Hispano-Filipina would not be inaugurated until after a preparatory period of six months, at the petition of a majority of Filipino members, a new executive commission was appointed as follows:
Morayta – President
Rivas Moreno – Vice President
Dominador Gomez – Secretary
Jugo Vidal – Member
M. Labra – Member
A. Luna – Treasurer
Appointed by our compatriots, those of us who can give impetus to this association and inaugurate it so that we may acquit ourselves well, do not expect more than the real positive support of all our countrymen. I request you then as a friend and compatriot to take charge of collecting from the Filipinos in Barcelona the amount that they would like to give for the inauguration of the association. This is voluntary, for it concerns merely our good name and the realization of the purposes of the association.
I ought to give you some explanations, aside from these questions, to tell you that your programme for the periodical must have already been received in Manila.
Finally, and this is between us, I have accepted this post because I saw that the association was going to die on account of the little interest of the few persons who composed it and who were useful only in creating divisions. I have accepted it as a patriotic duty and in gratitude to Morayta who would have been placed in the most frightful ridiculous position by us on account of our informality. For all that reason it is a most vital question that we inaugurate the association so that La Voz may not say that just one cry form it was enough to disband all of us.
Awaiting then until the 3rd or 4th the amount collected, your friend and admirer sends you an embrace,
Luna
P.S.
Much happiness and good New Year.
03-344 [Reformists]