Chapter 266 Ultimatum

The arrival of this shipment of supplies, at best, play a role in motivation, but compared to the losses of British India because of the drought, not worth mentioning, but in the perspective of the Governor General’s Office, in addition to the loss of personnel, it seems that there is not much loss.

And the subcontinent is not the most lack of people, so if you do the math, it can also be said that this drought British India escaped, and did not suffer losses, completely by their own ability to carry through this hurdle.

Alan Wilson read the British Ceylon newspaper with great interest, it is written, “in these happy times, we poor people by the powerful European civilization, enjoy such as films, machines and many other benefits, at this time what can be more exciting than the quality of life of our European benefactors? We feel, therefore, that our Ceylon may be interested in certain things in certain inland areas of British India, but for the sake of Ceylon’s future development, it is better to move closer to European civilization in order to live happily in this world.”

Alan Wilson made no secret of the fact that he was now very anxious to meet the editor-in-chief of the paper. The moment he opened his mouth, he was an old imperialist now, and he didn’t have the level to do that without being a man in the colonies for twenty years.

“It’s like Andrew.” Muttering the name of the administrator of Bengal, Alan Wilson scoffed at the administrator’s poor performance, and the most scoffing was not at Andrew, but at the praise of Andrew’s speech from all walks of life in India; how could this administrator of Bengal, whose brain was full in the midst of a drought, have been so favorably received?

Alan Wilson has no doubt that, if the Bengal famine, not the current United Provinces Administrator Burke, but the current Andrew face, the death toll of the Bengal famine is higher.

But what did the newspapers say about this administrator of Bengal? “Mr. Andrews belongs to that decent old-fashioned English gentleman, like so many models before our eyes to-day. He is a man who loves his family, as our dear English brethren would say, values his family and is kind-hearted.”

This newspaper was either paid or larded, or perhaps both, and Andrew’s love of family was something that Alan Wilson agreed with ten thousand times over, having only been the Administrator of Bengal for less than a year, and having given birth to three offspring, and considering Andrew’s age, he was afraid that this grand old man of Bengal’s green sky would die suddenly from overwork.

However, the most difficult time has passed, this time can not come out to sing the opposite, after the efficiency of the Portuguese central government, Pedro sent a telegram, Africa’s bran …… Oh, food, has been loaded towards British India.

Portugal took out a million bucks and finally arrived late after the death rush in British India had passed.

This was certainly not the norm, at least as far as Alan Wilson was concerned, and his other piece of advice, the matter of taking advantage of the famine to absorb the Pacifists and establish a residential quarantine to Goa, was carried out quite resolutely, one could describe it as a sniffing around.

During the drought Goa absorbed nearly 200,000 pacifists, settled around Goa, changed the population ratio of the two major communities in the vicinity, distributed land, gifted rations to ensure that these new residents did not starve to death, and a series of actions that were not ambiguous at all.

The matter of transporting food from Africa alone seems to be slightly dragging, either because of the real distance or on purpose. With Salazar a dominant player within Portugal, Allen Wilson favored the latter.

While thinking so, the commissioner’s secretary Ender pushed the door in and said, “Assistant Allen, the commissioner wants to talk to you about something.”

“Thanks, Ender.” Allen Wilson asked while getting up, “Any idea what it’s all about?”

“I have a duty to keep it a secret!” Ender pretended to be serious, “I heard that Portugal’s 100,000 tons of grain is about to arrive, as well as the blockade of the Andaman Islands can’t go on forever, it always needs to be resolved.”

“Very conscious of secrecy.” Alan Wilson solemnly opened his mouth to thank him.

Was it still useful for the Portuguese food to arrive at this time? Of course it is useful, the current situation in British India can be divided into two parts, the part that is open to the community is, “The most dangerous stage has passed, this fight against drought has achieved a stage of victory, this time British India has played the spirit of self-reliance and self-improvement, shocked the whole world, the Indians have won the respect of all over the world with their practical actions. ”

This is of course false, in the colonies where the British Empire still has influence, the monkey business of the Congress and the PML-N on the London stage is far more eye-catching than British India’s efforts to fight the drought.

In fact the situation in British India at the present time can be said to have passed the hardest of times, and to use a common phrase, the curve has been flattened; if ten thousand people were starving to death every day before, and for many days, that period has now passed, and there are now almost nine thousand five hundred starving to death every day.

The reason the Viceroyalty of British India says that the hardest time is over is because the figures have turned the corner, it is not refreshing the growth from day to day, the curve has been flattened.

The Viceroyalty can now say out loud that this great drought that has hit British India is preventable and controllable.

This was evident from the smile on Sir Barron’s face when he saw Alan Wilson come in and asked easily, “Saw Andrew’s speech?”

“Saw it, with deafening effect.” Allen Wilson nodded with a smile, “The performance of this Bengal province against the famine is far superior to the blunders of a few years ago.”

The premise of Allen Wilson’s statement is that the current drought did not actually affect Bengal. Unlike the Bengal famine, which affected the lower Ganges, this drought affected the upper Ganges, and Bengal would not have been much affected.

That is to say that Administrator Andrew’s show is simply creating a tense situation. But it’s not true to say that food didn’t skyrocket in Bengal, because it did go up ridiculously.

But the reason is not famine, but the consequences of the expulsion of the Rohingya after the communication between the Assistant Commissioner of British India and the Commissioner of British Burma. A million Rohingya is a million mouths, and how long can the rations they carry with them be eaten, and how long do they still have to open their mouths to eat?

However, this point, Andrew is very impressive, while indicating that the drought is serious, in the name of the Bengal provincial administrator, to arrange for manpower to let the Rohingya who fled to drink a bowl of porridge every day, so as not to starve to death.

The consequence is that after doing this, Andrew has more reason to build up his image while making a gesture that the price of food has risen. Food is given to the Rohingya people, the demand is not enough, of course, rose.

As for the specific how much profit, wait until the end of the drought after the division of accounts, the British Empire gentlemen will know.

“The Portuguese ship counted the time, a few days later will arrive.” Sir Barron said this with a frown on his face, fearing a protest from the Congress party side, “This Nehru man is indeed not easy to deal with.”

“Nehru should be more concerned about the refugees in British Burma now, hasn’t he been protesting against Burma’s deportation of Bengali immigrants for the past few days?” Alan Wilson with a thoughtful look on his face said, “It should not be so much as to know about the Portuguese, we can completely hide it from the Congress Party, the London side have already recognized it, we secretly sign and do not publish it, and wait until the day we leave British India to admit that there is such a secret treaty, Nehru has no way to do so.”

Sir Barron nodded, backroom operation is an enduring tactic, through Sir Edward’s message, the Portuguese Foreign Ministry dawns the reasoning and emotion, asking the British Empire to look at the old days of love, the status of Goa confirmed.

Originally the Cabinet was unapologetic, but with the reply of the PML-N of the Congress Party in London, and especially of Patel, the Conservative leader of the Congress Party, there was such a little disregard of the Sovereign State in his words.

After the second reply, the Foreign Office of the British Empire thought of the time-honored trope of backroom deals.

It was decided that in the name of the British Viceroyalty of India, and the Viceroyalty of Goa in Portuguese India, to sign a secret treaty recognizing the status of Goa.

After the signing of this secret treaty, the efficiency of the Portuguese to raise food much faster, and soon announced the loading of ships set sail to save the people of the subcontinent in the fire.

Now that London had given the nod to sign the secret treaty, the details of how to sign the treaty were British India’s call.

Alan Wilson thinks this matter is not difficult, Portugal in this famine in the middle of the help, a little return how?

As for the worst stage of the drought passed, that is because the Indian Ocean is wide, Africa’s infrastructure is insufficient, alone a certain time, this is all forgivable.

“And then there’s the issue of the Andaman Islands, which should be resolved immediately. Any longer than that would not be a good idea, and Sir Edward’s intention is the same.” After finishing the matter of Portugal, Sir Barron mentioned the issue of the riots in the Andaman Islands, and there should be a limit to covering it up, it could not go on forever.

It was now twenty days away from the riots, even the power of the current drought was beginning to diminish, and it was not reasonable to not deal with the Andaman Islands yet.

“Let’s just be polite and have the planes in Burma airdrop persuasive leaflets, it’s better to avoid bloodshed if we can.” Alan Wilson was still making a last ditch effort to buy time for the island POWs.

Sir Barron nodded and turned to Alan Wilson, “If the army is really needed, General Erwin has mobilized a division of Indians for a strong attack on the Andaman Islands.”

“That couldn’t be better.” Alan Wilson nodded, then got up and said, “I’ll just liaise with Rangoon about the empty-headed leaflets, Sir Barron will be busy first.”

Regarding the content of the empty-headed leaflets, it was emphasized in the telegram to Burgess that the consequences of the death of resistance should be emphasized. So that the rioters, in fear, would choose to meekly concede defeat, the wording must be stern, in the form of an ultimatum air-dropped to the Andaman Islands.