diced b Jos e S. Arc a, - non

evenge": EJR, II-3, 357; Epistolario Rizalino (henceforth, ER; Manila,1931) II, 168. "I have broken my contract with Regidor for he did not publishthe work he had agreed to," Rizal to Ponce from Paris, 30 April 1889: EJR,11-3, 362: ER, II, 170. He wrote a similar letter to Marcelo H. del Pilar: EJR,11-3, 369; ER, II, 176.4. EJR, 11-2, 682.5. On 12 December 1896, Rizal presented in writing to Lieutenant LuisTaviel de Andrade a few facts for his defense before the military tribunal. Itreads in part: "1 left Madrid in January or February 1891, and since then Ihad ceased writing and taking part in the policies of La Solidaridad, and I wasout of masonry": EJR, IX-2, 741. Yet, referring to the propaganda in a letterto Deodato Arellano, dated in Bruxelles, 1 May 1891, he used the masonicsign of three dots with his masonic pseudonym, Dimas Alang. His break fromthe Propaganda is shown in these words: "I believe my resignation isnecessary in order to settle down and earn a living . . . and so I announce myintention to the PP . . . that it may decide": EJR, II-3, 657-658. The masonsseem to have refused his resignation since they held him up as a model. It isnot easy to see what could follow from Rizal's resignation. A few masonicdocuments referring to Rizal ended in the hands of Governor Polavieja, whowas neither the one who had initiated the trial of Rizal nor appointed thejudges who sentenced him. According to his niece, the governor did not even"seek Rizal's death": Jose Andres Gallego, La politica religiosa en Espana,1889-1913 (Madrid, 1975), 128, n. These documents on masonry form partof a collection which Polavieja's relative was selling and, according to JorgeC. Bocobo, "if the Philippine Government wanted to acquire them, theSpanish Government's approval was needed, since these papers . . . hadended in the hands of Governor General Polavieja in his official capacity":Documentos Rizalinos Regalados por el pueblo espanol al pueblo filipino(Manila, 1953), viii. A study of these documents could provide importantleads, for it is possible Polavieja obtained some of them not in his officialcapacity. For example, among them is a "Diploma de Maestro Masonexpedido por le Grand Orient de France," dated in Paris, 15 February 1892,attesting to the reception to this degree on 14 October 1891. The "nevarietur" is not signed by Rizal, unlike the "Diploma de Maestro Mason de laLogia_Solidaridad expedido por el Gran Oriente Espanol" on 15 November1890. The French diploma gives the impression Rizal was unaware of it, andthat it was not part of the documents owned by the head of the Katipunan,Andres Bonifacio, which had been discovered by the Guardia civil in the254