Chapter 217: The Dryad

“Now we can finally talk about what matters.” Chief Justice Clark leapt to his feet, stating that he had been waiting for a long time, and was it fair that the executive officials were eating their brains one by one, while the judicial officials couldn’t even get a bite of soup?

It wasn’t fair, but Alan Wilson said it would be better to give the Ceylon Commissioner a commendation order first, after spending a couple of days reporting on British Ceylon’s movements in an attitude that had nothing to do with the moment.

Then wait until the statement of the Secretary of State for India, and the ferment of world opinion, before proceeding on a large scale.

“Until then we can take out a few typical ones to test the waters. Of course it is not advisable to publicize them, to keep them exactly secret until large-scale action is taken, and to concentrate the use of public opinion mainly outside British India. All countries and colonies, know that we are saving the Indian maiden, but the Indians are not fit to know it at present.”

Sir Barron and Chief Justice Clarke both nodded, which made it all the more logical, and Clarke, after a moment’s thought, said, “Even if the temple itself doesn’t have one, we could well find a few women to slip in and plant them.”

“For beneficial social change, I don’t think planting is an appropriate term for a good lie.” Sir Barron corrected blandly, “It’s just that the grassroots Indian officials, will they go against our judicial officials?”

“I should think not, does religion matter? Blood matters? Ultimately none of it matters as much as money.” Alan Wilson shook his head, “There are grassroots Indian officials in the proceeds as well, it’s just a matter of who takes the lion’s share.”

“Then Alan, go prepare a commendation and send it to MacLean.” Sir Barron barked an order at Alan Wilson before refocusing his attention on Clark, “Our side can begin as well.”

The center of the storm was instead calm, but the visit of the Secretary of State for India, Pethick Lawrence, on the BBC, was like someone dropping a bomb into an outhouse, and had a very exaggerated effect.

News about British India has been on the home front with great frequency for close to a year now, right from the end of the war. From curiosity at first to revulsion afterwards, India, the darling of the newspapers for nearly a year. This time at last the citizens of the homeland, for once, remembered it thoroughly.

The various situations in British India did not just ferment in the homeland, but spread rapidly through the hegemony of public opinion in the British Empire, spreading to Europe, the British colonies, and even as far away as Canada and Australia.

The speed of information dissemination in modern society is so rapid that once London knew about it, almost all English-speaking countries knew about it, and the English-speaking countries even included the United States.

It is just that the United States of America, which holds high the flag of human rights in the latter days, did not report on the matter of the Indian saint’s daughter as other English-speaking regions did, with a very obvious tendency, but rather speculated on what the British were really going to do.

From America’s point of view, it would never want Britain to maintain its rule in British India. Once the Anglo-Indian model is maintained, the potential rivalry will not be limited to the Soviet Union.

Although many European countries seem to have agreed through various channels that they want the US to take a tough stance against the Soviet Union, the Truman administration is still waiting to see who to target in the end between Britain and the Soviet Union.

Although the United States and the Soviet Union have been clearly divided over Japan and the Korean Peninsula, the threat from Britain is no less than that from the Soviet Union.

However, the threat of Britain was no less than that of the USSR. Fortunately, there were voices emerging from within Britain to abandon India, and the United States wanted to see what the end result would be. If Britain is going to assert its rule by strong-arm tactics, then the United States will have to put aside the illusion that blood is thicker than water for a while, and treat Britain with an attitude of liberation.

The hegemony of public opinion in the British Empire was useless to the United States, but it was still very useful to other British colonies. Other English-speaking countries and regions were directly overrun by the news of British India.

Especially in the British colonies in Africa, the native elites looked at the eyes of the Indians who defended colonial rule with a strange look.

The news about India’s holy woman was already well known in the British colonies, British India was still the same, the report that our India was too good, was still the mainstream, the only difference was that Donald Maclean had arrived in Ceylon.

Under the surface of the calm, there is a momentum of preparation, Alan Wilson is still a little excited, after all, this kind of movement action, it seems that in places like India has never happened before, in the end, what kind of results no one knows.

Vivien Lei is the most can feel the man change, has unlocked all the poses of the international movie queen, feel that was already very energetic lad, these days especially hard.

Even let Fei Wenli are a little overwhelmed, another very exhausting script exchange, tired Fei Wenli looked at Alan Wilson’s satisfied face, “You are also too much, I’m a public figure, are you going to mess up my belly? How will the movie be made then?”

“I was wrong, it’s mainly because you’re so beautiful.” Alan Wilson playfully apologized, “Vivian, can’t you feel my feelings for you?”

“Stop it! I’m married with a husband.” Vivienne blankly glanced at Alan Wilson, “I only agreed to you to solve my physical needs.”

“Yes, just like the so-called high priests and elders. Only they are more moralistic.” Alan Wilson looked at the time, it was time to leave in the dust again, reached out and pulled Vivien Leigh into his arms, scooped up the restful shadow queen and headed for the bathroom, the battle scene still needed to be cleaned up.

Such a simple truth, but the Hindu temples do not understand, in Donald Maclean in British Ceylon in a big fuss half a month later, the first day of May, has been ready for the British Indian Supreme Court finally did it.

Chief Justice Clarke officially signed, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State for India, the Executive Order safeguarding the rights of women. Destroyed the temples of the community of holy women, arrested the monks of the temples, and rescued the young girls who were under the devil.

And the actual move was made a day before Clarke’s executive order, which was to prevent some godly temples from getting wind of it, and under the pretext of liberating the maidens the operation was started with the energetic action of the judicial officers.

The action of the Supreme Court was vigorously co-operated with by the provincial administrators; the administrative officials could not eat the meat, and the judicial officials could not even drink the soup, and since they could not share the cake, the only thing they could do was to make the cake bigger.

The action of the judicial officials was also supported by the administrative officials, and the police officers of British India, guided by the judicial officials who had arrived everywhere, marched to one temple after another.

Almost immediately, the temples, which had long since fallen into the eyes of the Supreme Court, were subjected to the first round of sweeps. Countless respected elders and senior monks were taken directly by the police who descended from the sky.

Many temples even attracted the British garrison, and the high and mighty elders were directly taken away by these hateful colonizers. Of course, young girls were also taken away.

The Supreme Court, which had been preparing for a long time, and the judicial officers showed great efficiency, and Calcutta, Bangalore, and Chennai all began to act at the same time.

Cities like Hyderabad, which were under the control of a peaceful monarch like Ali Khan, took the opportunity to destroy the thorn in their side, as the orders were given by the British, and Ali Khan only cooperated.

Hyderabad state, Ali Khan’s actions can not be like other places still estimate some warmth, Hyderabad’s private army directly on the territory of the Hindu temples began to sweep, on the dare to resist the temple directly shoot.

Eighty percent of Hyderabad’s population were Hindus, and with such a large state and such a large population supporting these temples, Ali Khan knew that this was a good opportunity to loot. Four sons were sent out to command the army to do this and get their hands on the wealth of these temples.

By no coincidence, the Junagadh Tupang did the same thing and soon realized that this was a great opportunity to accumulate wealth. It was also able to eliminate the forces that normally pointed their fingers at the Maharaja of the Tupa.

As for the other Hindu states, they just didn’t do as much as the two states did; religious feelings and blood are thicker than water, and none of them are more important than money when it comes down to it.

The only embarrassment is Kashmir, Hari Singh is very embarrassed, Kashmir 90% are pacifists, he, the Maharaja, is a Hindu, he can’t lay his hands on the Hindu temples, and there are not many Hindu temples in Kashmir itself.

This he could not even learn from the fact that the same Hindu monarchs of the Tirthankars, people could at least operate under the banner of removing the Hindu black sheep, but he could not do so.

The operation was carried out almost from the beginning, simultaneously in places in British India that had British administration, and to be able to do that you can imagine how much homework the judicial officers, did before they did not act.

Even the Congress and the PML-N were dismayed at the Viceroy’s big move, but immediately there were two very different reactions: the PML-N was unconcerned, and the Congress was furious: was the Viceroy’s office suppressing the Hindus and supporting the PML-N?

The Congress was quick to say that this was an unfriendly move by the Viceroy’s office and should be stopped immediately and made a public appeal. At the same time, Congress representatives have already arrived in New Delhi and demanded talks with the Viceroyalty.

In the face of the Congress Party’s public appeal, the Viceroyalty of India immediately made a public reaction as well, saying that it was an action supported by all sections of the community, while hoping that the Congress Party would pay attention to international public opinion.

“Once a similar movement starts, there will inevitably be some possibility of amplification. But our action is well-intentioned and supported by the whole world.” Alan Wilson lifted his wrist and looked at the time, absentmindedly perfunctory to the representative of the Congress Party who had shot over to him, it was about to be time to tell the drama.

This San across the street should get the hell out of here if he knows what’s good for him, don’t delay his own business, Vivien Leigh is all empty and lonely.