Rizal retains, to the very end, a…

Rizal retains, to the very end, a faith in the decency of Spanish "men of honor," which makes it difficult for him to accept the revolutionary course of the Katipunan.

Revolution had broken out in Cuba in February 1895, and Rizal applies to the governor to be sent to that yellow fever-infested island as an army doctor, believing that it is the only way he can keep his word to the governor and yet get out of his exile.

His request is granted, and he is preparing to leave for Cuba when the Katipunan revolt breaks out in August 1896.

An informer had tipped off a Spanish friar about the society's existence, and Bonifacio, his hand forced, proclaims the revolution, attacking Spanish military installations on August 29, 1896.

Rizal is allowed to leave Manila on a Spanish steamship.

The governor, however, apparently forced by reactionary elements, orders Rizal 's arrest en route, and he is sent back to Manila to be tried by a military court as an accomplice of the insurrection.