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CHAPTER 17 - Revised

Rizal faced many difficulties in Madrid in 1890-1891. He sought help from the Spanish government to get justice for his family who were unfairly evicted from their land in Calamba by Spanish authorities. However, his interviews with Minister Fabie were unsuccessful. He received worse news that more of his relatives were deported. Feeling desperate, Rizal lost his love Leonor to marriage to another man. He also mourned the deaths of friends. Further issues arose from a rivalry with del Pilar and an almost-duel with Luna, though it was later resolved.

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CHAPTER 17 - Revised

Rizal faced many difficulties in Madrid in 1890-1891. He sought help from the Spanish government to get justice for his family who were unfairly evicted from their land in Calamba by Spanish authorities. However, his interviews with Minister Fabie were unsuccessful. He received worse news that more of his relatives were deported. Feeling desperate, Rizal lost his love Leonor to marriage to another man. He also mourned the deaths of friends. Further issues arose from a rivalry with del Pilar and an almost-duel with Luna, though it was later resolved.

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CHAPTER 17: MISFORTUNES IN MADRID (1890-1891)

SPECIAL EVENTS HAPPENED IN MADRID

RIZAL'S FAILURE TO GET JUSTICE FOR FAMILY IN CALAMBA

ARRIVAL IN MADRID Rizal sought the help of the Filipino colony, The Asociacion Hispano-Filipina, and
the liberal Spanish newspapers (La Justicia, El Globo, La Republica, El Resumen, etc.) in securing justice
for the oppressed Calamba tenants, including his family.

INTERVIEW WITH MINISTER FABIE Together with M.H. del Pilar (who acted as his lawyer) and Dr.
Dominador Gomez (secretary of the Asociacion Hispano-Filipina), he called on the Minister of Colonies
(Señor Fabie) in order to protest the injustices committed by Governor General Valeriano Weyler and
the Dominicans against the Calamba folks.

( Interview with Minister Fabie But nothing came out of the interview with Minister Fabie.)

“To cover the ears, open the purse, and fold the arms – this is the Spanish colonial policy.” ~ El Resumen

TERRIBLE NEWS From his brother-in-law Silvestre Ubaldo, Rizal received a copy of the ejectment order
by the Dominicans against Francisco Rizal and other Calamba tenants.

SATURNINA’S LETTER Rizal learned of the deportation of Paciano Rizal, Antonino Lopez, Silvestre
Ubaldo, Mateo “Teong” Elejorde, and Dandoy (Dr. Rizal’s relative) to Mindoro. They were arrested and
shipped out of Manila on September 6, 1890. In addition, their parents had been forcibly ejected from
their home and were then living in the house of Narcisa (Antonino’s wife).

DR. RIZAL’S DESPERATION Rizal sought the aid of the liberal Spanish statesmen, who were former
members of the Ministry, including Becerra, and Maura. Sadly, these statesmen merely gave him
honeyed words of sympathy and nothing else.

. DR. RIZAL’S DESPERATION Blumentritt in Leimeritz urged Rizal to see Queen Regent Maria Cristina. But
how? He had neither powerful friends to bring him to the queen’s presence nor gold to grease the palms
of influential courtiers.

RIZAL’S EULOGY TO PANGANIBAN

DOLEFUL NEWS August 19, 1890, after a lingering illness, Jose Ma. Panganiban died in Barcelona. He was
a friend and a talented co-worker of Rizal in the

Propaganda Movement. Rizal wrote a great eulogy to him describing on how great he was and how
unfortunate our nation was that he died.

DOLEFUL NEWS August 19, 1890, Feliciano Gomez Timbang, a friend and a countryman, died the same
date as Jose Maria Panganiban.
INFIDELITY OF LEONOR RIVERA

TEATRO APOLO One night Rizal and his friends attended a play at Teatro Apolo, and there he lost his
gold watch chain with a locket containing the picture of Leonor Rivera, his beloved sweetheart. The loss
of the locket proved to be a bad omen.

DECEMBER 1890 With the cold winds of winter sweeping across the shivering city, Rizal received a letter
from Leonor, announcing her coming marriage with an Englishman (Henry Charles Kipping – the choice
of her mother) and asking his forgiveness. This letter was a great blow to him. He was stunned, his eyes
dimmed with tears, and his heart broke.

FEBRUARY 15, 1891 Several agonizing weeks passed before he could confide to his best friend,
Blumentritt. Blumentritt sent him a comforting letter. Three months later, Blumentritt sent another
comforting letter.

In 1890, a rivalry developed between del Pilar and Rizal. This was mainly due to the difference between
del Pilar's editorial policy and Rizal's political beliefs., about 90 Filipinos gathered in Madrid. They agreed
that a Responsable (leader) be elected.

ABORTED DUEL WITH ANTONIO LUNA

Boustead, Nellie

Rizal attended a social gathering of Filipinos in Madrid at the end of August 1890. There was wine
served.

*Luna's bitterness stemmed from his failed romance with Nellie Boustead.

*Rizal challenged his friend Luna to a fight.

Rizal could shoot the pistol better than Luna. As a swordsman, though, the latter was superior to him.
Luna could choose from a variety of weapons. Others attempted to appease them by reminding out that
a duel would be detrimental to their cause in Spain.

However, after Luna was sober, he realized that he had made a fool of himself while drunk, and he
apologized for his disparaging statements about the girl. Rizal accepted his apology, and they became
good friends again.

RIZAL CHALLENGES RETANA TO DUEL

WENCESLAO E. RETANA  Bitter enemy of Rizal in pen. Press agent of the friars in Spain. He attacked
Filipinos including Rizal, in various newspaper in Madrid.  He imprudently wrote an article in La Epoca,
an anti-Filipino newspaper in Madrid, asserting that the family and friends of Rizal had not paid their
rents so that they were ejected from their lands in Calamba by the Dominicans.

RIZAL’S CHALLENGE  Rizal then challenged Retana to a duel because of the article the latter wrote.
Only Retana’s blood or his apology could vindicate the good name of Rizal’s family and friends.
RETANA’S APOLOGY  Retana believed that discretion is the better part of valor, and more to save his
own skin. Retana at once published a retraction and an apology in the newspapers. The incident silenced
Retana's pen and he developed a great admiration for Rizal.

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