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Chapter 11

In Hong Kong and Macao (1888)

February 1888

Rizal was forced to leave his country for a

second time. He was then a full grown man of ! years of

age" a #racticing #hysician" and a recognized man of

letters.

$he first time he went a%road in June 1882" he

was a mere lad of 1" a youthful student in research of

wisdom in the old world" a romantic idealist with %eautiful

dreams of emanci#ating his #eo#le from %andage %y the

magic #ower of his #en. $ime had changed. Rizal at !

was an em%ittered victim of human ini&uities a

disillusioned dreamer a frustrated reformer.

The trip to Hong Kong

'n February 3, 1888" after a short stay of si months

in his %eloved calam%a" Rizal left manila let manila for

Hong Kong on a%road the zafiro.

'n February 7 He was sic and sad during thecrossing of the ha##y cho##y *hina +ea. He did not get

off his shi# when it made %rief sto#over at ,moy.

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Three reasons:

1. He was not feeling well. It was raining hard" and

-. He heard that the city was dirty.

He arrived in Hong Kong February 8, during his stay in

Hong Kong" a ritish colony/ Rizal wrote a letter to 

lumentritt" dated February 16, 1888, e#ressing his

%itterness. $his letter runs as follows.

In Hong Kong" Rizal stayed at 0ictoria Hotel. He waswelcomed %y ili#ino residents" including 2ose Maria

asa" al%ino Mauricio" and Manuel 3riarte (son of

rancisco 3riarte alcalde mayor of 4aguna).

 , +#aniard" 2ose +ains de 0aranda" who was a former

secretary of governor general terrero shadowed of Rizal5s

movement in Hong Kong. It is %elieved that he wascommissioned %y the +#anish authorities to s#y on Rizal.

6Hong Kong"7 wrote Rizal to %lumentritt on e%ruary 1"

1888"7is a small" %ut very clean city. Many 9ortuguese"

Hindus" :nglish" *hinese" and 2ews live in it. $hese are

some ili#inos" the ma;ority of whom %eing those who had

%een eiled to the Marianas Island in 18!. $hey are #oor"gentle" and timid. ormerly they were rich mechanics"

industrialist" and financiers.

 

Visit to Maao 

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'n February 18, Rizal" accom#anied %y asa"

%oarded the ferry steamer iu

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lie the meals on the %oard %ut he lied the shi# %ecause

it was clean and efficiently managed. His ca%in mate was

a ritish #rotestant missionary who had lived in china for

! years and the new the *hinese language 0ery well.Rizal called him 6a good man7.

Chapter 12

Romantic interlude in 2a#an (1888)

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'ne of the ha##iest interludes in the life of Rizal was his

+o;ourn in the land of cherry %lossoms for one month and

a half (e%ruary 8 @ ,#ril 1-" 1888). He was enchanted

%y the natural %eauty of 2a#an" the charming manners of

the 2a#anese #eo#le" and the #ictures&ue shrines"

moreover he fell in love with a 2a#anese girl" whose

loveliness" infused ;oy and romance in his sorrowing heart.

Her real name was +eio Asui. Rizal affectionately called

her '

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+#anish legation. $he latter invited him to live at the

+#anish legation.

Rizal" %eing an intelligent man" realized that the

+#anish di#lomatic authorities were instructed from manila

to monitor his movement in ;a#an. He acce#ted the

invitation for two reasons.

1. He could economize his living e#enses %y staying

at the legation and. He had nothing to hide from the #rying eyes of the

+#anish authorities.

'n &arh 7. Rizal checed out of $oyo hotel and

lived at the +#anish legation. He and 9erez ca%allero

%ecame good friends. In a latter to %lumentritt" he

descri%ed the +#anish di#lomat as 6a young" fine" and

ecellent writer7 and 6an a%le di#lomat who had traveled

much7.

=uring his first day in $oyo" Rizal was em%arrassed

%ecause he did not now the 2a#anese language. He

looed lie" 2a#anese" %ut could not tal 2a#anese. He

had a hard time sho##ing" for he could not %e understood

and the 2a#anese children laughed at him. $hus he wrote

to %lumentritt"7here you have your friend" Rizal the wonder 

of the 2a#anese" who has the face at the 2a#anese %ut

does not s#ea 2a#anese. 'n the street when I go

sho##ing" #eo#le loo at me and ill

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laugh %ecause I s#ea such a strange language. In $oyo

very few #ersons s#ea :nglish" %ut in 3oohama many

s#ea it. +ome %elieved I am a :uro#eanized 2a#anese

who does not want to %e taen such.7

$o avoid further em%arrassment" Rizal decided to

study the 2a#anese language. eing a %orn linguist" he

was a%le. $o s#ea it within a few wee. He also studied

the 2a#anese drama (a%ui)" arts" music" and ;udo

(2a#anese art of self defense). He %rowsed in the

museum" li%raries" ,rt galleries" and the charming villagesof ;a#an.

"i#a$ an' the To%yo &usiians

'ne cool afternoon in March 1888" Rizal was

#romenading in the street of the $oyo near the #ar. It

was a %eautiful s#ring afternoon/ these were many #eo#le

at the #ar.

 ,s he a##roaches the #ar Rizal heard the $oyo

%and #laying a classical wor of +trauss. He was

im#ressed %y the su#er #erformances of the western

music. He sto##ed and listened in the ra#t attention. He

thought 6how admira%le was the rendition. I wonder how

these 2a#anese #eo#le have assimilated the modern

:uro#ean music to the etent of #laying the %eautiful

musical master#iece of the great :uro#ean com#osers so

wellB7

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$he %and sto##ed #laying. $he musicians descended from

the hus%and and waled around for the rest. +ome %egan

to converse. $o Rizal5s amazement" they were taling in

$agalog. He a##roached them" in&uiring in $agalog.69isano taga saan #o ayoC7

$he musicians were e&ually sur#rised and delighted to

meet him. $hey told him they were #laying only the

secondary instruments.

"i#a$(s i&pression o) *apan

Rizal was favora%ly im#ressed %y ;a#an. He was een

o%server" taing co#ious notes on the life" customs" and

culture of the #eo#le. He was no silly" light headed tourist

who merely en;oys attractive sights that a##ealed only to

the senses these things which favora%ly im#ressed rizal in

 ;a#an wereD

1+ The beauty o) the ountry2+ The $ean$iness, po$iteness, an' in'ustry

o) the Japanese peop$e +3+ The pituresue 'ress an' si&p$e har&

o) the Japanese -o&en.+ These -ere /ery )e- thie/es in *apan so

that the houses re&aine' open 'ay an'night, an' in the ity street, un$i%e in

&ani$a an' other ities+

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"o&ane -ith 0ei san

'ne s#ring afternoon" a few days after he had moved

to the +#anish legation in the aza%u district 'f $oyo" rizal

saw a #retty 2a#anese girl waling #ast the legation gate"

%eing a man with an eye for feminine %eauty" he meet her

 @ %ut how C

Rizal made an in&uires among the legation em#loyee

and learned from one of them (a 2a#anese gardener) that

she was +eio Asui" who lived in her #arents home and

that she used to #ass %y the legation during her daily

afternoon wal.

$he following afternoon Rizal and the 2a#anese

gardener waited at the legation gate and watched for the

girl. ,s she a##roached" he too off his hat and #olitely

introduced himself. ,s was the custom in Eermany. ,t that

time Rizal5s 2a#anese was very #oor so that the gardener

came to his aid and e#lained to the girl that the young

man was a #hysician from manila who was a guest of the

+#anish legation.

+eio< san was mildly amused at the gallant gentlemen

from the 9hili##ines who s#oe in halting 2a#anese. +he

re#lied in :nglish for she new that language and also

rench. $he two then conversed in %oth :nglish and

rench< the language %arrier was thus eliminated.

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+ince the first meeting" rizal and o

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conduct historical researches on mora at the ritish.

Museum" while tetcho returned to ;a#an.

n 1884" shortly after his return to ;a#an he #u%lished his

travel diary which contained his im#ression of Rizal as

follows. ,fter the #u%lication of his travel diary" tetcho

resigned his #osition as editor of $oyo news#a#er" choya

and entered #olitics. In 18>? he was elected as a mem%er

of the lower house of the first im#erial diet (2a#anese

#arliament). here he carried on his flight for human

rights. $he following year (1841) he #u%lished a #oliticalnovel titled nan

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Rizal first saw ,merica.

rri/a$ in an Franiso

$he steamer elgic" with Rizal on %oard" doced at+an rancisco on +aturday morning. pri$ 28,1888.

 ,ll #assengers were not allowed to land. $he

 ,merican health authorities #laced the shi# under

&uarantine on the ground that it came from the far

east where a cholera e#idemic was alleged to %e

raging. Rizal was sur#rised %ecause he new there

was no cholera e#idemic at that time in the far east.

He ;oined the other #assenger in #rotesting the

un;ustifia%le action of the shi# a clean %ill health and

the ritish governor of Hong Kong certified to the

a%sence of cholera cases in china.

He soon discovered that the #lacing of the shi#

under &uarantine was motivated %y #olitics. $he shi#

was carrying G- *hinese coolies. ,t that time #u%lic

o#inions on #acific coast was against chea# coolie

la%or %ecause the coolies from china were dis#lacing

white la%orers in rail road construction cam#s. $o win

the votes of the whites in *alifornia (for election was

near) the administration im#eded the entry of *hinesecoolies.

"i#a$ in an Franiso

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'n riday afternoon May ., 1888+the day he was

#ermitted to go ashore Rizal registered at the #alace

hotel" which was considered a first class hotel in the

city. 'n this day" he wrote on his diary

Rizal stayed in +an rancisco for two days May .

to 6, 1888 the #resident of the Anited +tates at that

time was Erover *leveland.

ross the &erian ontinent

'n May 6, 1888 +unday .:3 !+M+ Rizal left +anrancisco ay %y ferry %oat.

In 'aland he %oarded the train for his tri# across

the continent. He too his su##er at +acramento for

!g and sle#t in his own coach.

:arly in the morning (May 7) he awoe and had a

good %reafast at Reno" Fevada" now glamorized %y

 ,merican high #ressure #ro#aganda as 6the %iggest

little city in the world7.

"i#a$ in 5e- 9or%

'n +unday morning May 1- Rizal reached the

Few 3or" thus ending his tri# across the ,mericancontinent. He stayed three days in this city" which he

called the 6%ig town7. He visited three days in this city"

which is called the awed and ins#ired of the memorial

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to Eeorge ashington. 'f this great ,merican he

wrote to 9once.

 

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Revolutionaries, Ophthalmologists, Writers

Also Known As: Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda

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Place o0 death: #agum-ayan, Manila

!ather: !rancisco 1ngracio Rizal Mercado de Ale2andro

Mother: 3eodora Morales Alonzo Realonda de 4uintos

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