Chapters 15 Thhhho 18
Chapters 15 Thhhho 18
SECOND SOJOURN IN
PARIS AND THE
UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION OF 1889
UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION
OF 1889
World fair
100th anniversary of the
storming of Bastille
the symbol for the beginning
of the French Revolution
Absolute Monarchy was
overthrown by new
Enlightenment principles of
equality, citizenship and
inalienable rights
KIDLAT CLUB
It was founded by:
Rizal
to bring together young
Filipinos in the French
capital
enjoy their sojourn in
the city during the
duration of the
Universal Exposition.
It will disappear:
like lightning
(temporary nature)
INDIOS BRAVOS
proud of the name Indio
make our Spanish enemies
revise their conception of
the term
The Indios Bravos (brave
Indians) replaced :
the ephemeral Kidlat Club.
Members pledged:
to excel in intellectual and
physical prowess in order
to win the admiration of the
foreigners
sword and the pistol.
Judo
MAX HAVELAAR (Eduard Dekker)
Max Havelaar, Dutch Colonial Administrator,
tries to battle against a corrupt government
system in Java (Indonesia), which was a Dutch
colony
Cultivation System , which mandated Indonesian
farmers to grow a quota of commercially tradable
crops
such as tea and coffee, instead of growing
staple foods such as rice.
tax collection system in which the collecting agents
were paid by commission.
resulting in poverty and widespread
starvation
The novel raised the awareness of Europeans living
in Europe
wealth that they enjoyed was the result of
suffering in other parts of the world.
Max Havelaar is "the book that killed colonialism"
RDLM SOCIETY
initials of the society’s secret
name:
Redencion de los Malayos
(Redemption of the the Malays).
The aim of the secret society:
“propagation of all useful
knowledge – scientific, artistic,
literary, etc. – in the Phil.”
(patterned after Freemasonry)
Letter to Blumentritt:
If it is impossible for me to give
freedom to my country
at least I should like to give it to
them in other lands (Borneo).
ANNOTATED EDITION OF MORGA PUBLISHED
Error: appraising the events of the past in
the light of present standards
Blumentritt on Rizal
abuses of the friars should not be construed
to mean the Catholicism is bad.
aid of the liberal Spanish statesmen statesmen merely gave him honeyed words
of sympathy and nothing else