#TodayinHistory in 1896, physician Pio Valenzuela, Katipunan fiscal, leaves in the morning on board steamship Venus bound for Dapitan, to consult w/ the exiled Jose #Rizal on an armed revolution vs. 🇪🇸. Valenzuela was w/ Raymundo Mata, a blind patient whom he used as cover. #PH
Context: Upon arriving back in #PH in June 1892 from Hong Kong, Jose Rizal was put under surveillance by the Spanish colonial gov for writing critical writings vs the government. He met w/ Spanish gov-gen Eulogio Despujol afterwards as a sign of good faith.
On 3 July 1892, Rizal founded the La Liga Filipina, a socio-civic organization for Filipinos that "aims to unite the whole archipelago into one vigorous and homogenous community." tmblr.co/ZtGCUxOfkGt6
On 6 July, Rizal was imprisoned, & the day after, exiled to Dapitan, in Zamboanga del Norte, for publishing anti-friar materials, & specifically dedicating El Filibusterismo (his 2nd novel) to the GOMBURZA. He would be exiled there for 4 yrs.
📷 Punto del Desembarco de Rizal
Valenzuela arrived in Dapitan on 21 June. W/ the steamship came Josephine Bracken, Narcisa Rizal, and Angelica Lopez—all came to Dapitan for Rizal. When Valenzuela met Rizal, the physician asked for a pvt audience. Valenzuela revealed the Katipunan to him. tmblr.co/ZtGCUx28yOLBG
Jose Rizal counseled Pio Valenzuela the ff:
(1) Arms & ammunitions & support of the wealthy must be secured first to mount the revolution.
(2) If Katipunan is discovered, better flight than to escape.
(3) If the wealthy do not support the revolution, better keep them neutral.
Upon Valenzuela's return, Valenzuela reported Rizal's advice. Andres Bonifacio and many of the Katipunan members agreed with Rizal. However, upon Pio Valenzuela's capture, Valenzuela, under duress, told the Spanish authorities that Rizal opposed the revolution to protect him.
Historian Floro Quibuyen disproved the notion that Rizal was anti revolution. He cites Rizal's final poem, Mi Ultimo Adios, w/ the lines "sin dudas, sin pesar" & how Bonifacio translated it to "walang agam-agam, maluwag sa dibdib" implying mutual support tmblr.co/ZtGCUxDyJTle
Moreover, Paciano Rizal was a Katipunan general & 2 of Rizal's sisters attended the private wedding ceremony of Andres Bonifacio and Gregoria de Jesus, further proving that there was no disagreement bet Rizal & Bonifacio on the #PH revolution's legitimacy.
*erratum on (2): better FIGHT than to escape
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