diced b Jos e S. Arc a, - non

ENDNOTESVOLONTERI1. His last "European book" was written on 6 December 1896 when hewas in prison at Montjuich castle (Barcelona). The book before this was thediary he wrote on his journey to Hongkong from Marseilles, 18 October to19 November 1891: Escritos de Jose Rizal (henceforth, EJR), Diarios yMemorias (Manila, 1961), 235.2. ". . . he voluntarily retired from the nucleus of the propagandists—why not say it?—because of intrigues and rivalries": Preface to EJR, VII, iii.Isabelo de los Reyes, La Sensacional Memoria . . . sobre la RevoluciOnFilipina de 1896-1897 por la cual fue deportado el autor al Castillo deMontjuich (Madrid, 1889), 83, wrote: "A masonic lodge of Filipinos calledSolidaridad was established in Madrid and the idea came up to propagatemasonry among them. "Retana noted that "Rizal was not yet a mason; he wasinitiated in London, although he certainly never ascended to a high, degree.This shows he was never a worker, although he was a mason.": W. E. Retana,Vida y escritos del Dr. Jose Rizal (Madrid, 1,907), 157, n. 177. We know fromFr. Vicente Balaguer, S. J. that when he presented a formula of retractation toRizal, the latter [presented some difficulties] "against signing these words, 'Iabhor masonry as a society condemned by the Church,' explaining that themasons in London with whom he had dealings and where he had beeninitiated, were good perSons who said nothing against religion, in contrast toother masons whom he had known and who were very bad. And it did notseem to him proper to sign what refered to all since those gentlemen inLondon could take offense": letter of Fr. Balaguer published in CulturaSocial (Manila, January 1913), 13-19, reprinted in Jesus Ma. Cavanna, C. M.,Rizal' s Unfading Glory (Manila, 1956), 261-262.3. I describe' Regidor as "vindictive," because in, his letter to MarianoPonce and the rest of La Solidaridad (Paris, 18. April 1889), Rizal used thesewords: ". . . while there [in prison], let them, like Regidor, think of plans of253