Chapter 534 The Mahwah Guild

“Commissioner, here is the order for the enumeration of the population given by Commissioner Gerard before he left.” Soon after arriving at the Malayan Commissioner’s Office, Ender brought the results of the population count in British Malaya, as well as data on the current distribution of rubber plantations, and the distribution and production capacity of tin mines.

“The people from the Delarue Company will arrive in the next couple of days, so you can receive them first.” Alan Wilson picked up a glass of water and took a sip, “The two parts of current Malaya will officially merge to form the Federation of Malaya. Both the Western and Eastern parts of Malaya will need a commissioner, with state commissioners underneath, otherwise I wouldn’t have to bring dozens of people to the appointment.”

Ender nodded, a trace of joy flashed across his face, such a large colony, it seems that the Malayan High Commissioner is ready to establish a jurisdiction, so it seems that no matter which part he goes to, this colony seems bound to have its own place.

While speaking, Alisa walked in with a flavorful pace and opened her mouth, “Commissioner, what do you think about Brunei?”

“Find a way to pull Brunei into the federation, but there is no need to rush this matter for the time being.” Alan Wilson thought for a moment and said, “Currently there are nine sultans in Malaya, if we add Brunei it will be ten, what if it’s five to five? This is all something to consider, we can’t just set up one when we arrive, right?”

In fact, the king of Sarawak has returned, Allen Wilson is not counted for the time being. Consideration of the problem can never follow the most smooth sailing prediction, after all, it is necessary to consider from multiple perspectives.

“Greet our people and go to the conference room to prepare for the meeting.” Alan Wilson put down the statistics, immediately called this time to follow to Malaya subordinates meeting, “probably always have to have a charter, we are not over to travel, Whitehall but on our work to give high hopes, of course, not without favorable conditions, anti-British forces can be said to be gradually diminishing in the middle of.”

With the massive influx of Chinese into Malaya, the anti-British forces did diminish a lot in the short term. This has to take into account the different perceptions, the Malays thought it was their land and were certainly rebellious against British colonial rule.

But with Alan Wilson as the Federal Reserve to open the floodgates of the general operation, so that the Chinese quickly rose, as the two communities began to be evenly matched up, to this point, the Malay mentality has changed.

Now the Malays are no longer thinking about getting back their due rights and interests, but whether they can suppress the Chinese after the British are gone, and of course this problem is attributed to Allen Wilson.

From 1945 onwards, they have made Xiangjiang a state of no defense, not only no wall, they are on the verge of tearing down the wall. Now the ratio of Chinese to Malays is not strictly half of one family, there are actually more Chinese than Malays, and by quite a bit.

This is also the result of forcing Thailand to cede the Straits of Krakatau and adding a million Malays. With the Kra Isthmus thing, within five years the Malays were still in the minority.

After forcing Thailand to cede the Isthmus of Krakatau in 1945, the Malay population grew to 3.7 million. More than a million and nine hundred thousand Chinese, at that time the Malays must not have thought that that was already the peak of the Malay population and that the situation would take a sharp turn for the next four years.

The current British Malaya, which includes the eastern and western parts covering nearly half a million square kilometers, has a Chinese population of five million nine hundred thousand and a Malay population of three million seven hundred thousand. The Chinese inversely outnumber the Malays by two and a half million.

But this was not a very important matter, in the next meeting, Alan Wilson reminded his subordinates on the right and left, “Do not forget the population of Dutch Kalimantan, eight million people in Kalimantan, most of which were under the rule of Holland. There are still a million and nine hundred thousand people in the Fragrant River, this matter is very simple, add more water to the noodles, more noodles to the water, which community expresses its untameness to the British Empire, we will add the population of the other community. Vietnam is still at war, we can still talk to the French and bring in the population of South Vietnam as Chinese. Absolutely no one ethnic group will be left alone.”

Having talked about population, Allen Wilson officially got down to business, “Since I’m following, there are two regional commissioners for East and West Malaysia, state commissioners for each state, and a public office of economic development. Would you like to see my other appointment? Deputy Secretary General of the Overseas Assets Management Board?”

No one answered, Alan Wilson Shi Shi said, “The Secretariat to develop the itinerary for the coming week, I want to meet with Chinese leaders, sultans around the world, British-owned enterprises local managers, stationed British troops, Alisha, you help a little bit to liaise with the garrison, the local community there is a matter involving the military, is considered to be a little bit of manipulation before you become the commissioner of Western Malaysia.”

“Understood!” Alisa closed the file in front of her and agreed painfully, “Actually, maybe it’s easier to talk to Pamela about this matter.”

“Uh!” Alan Wilson gave Alisa a warning with his eyes, and then helplessly said, “Talk about it, she’ll help ask around.”

Who let General Mountbatten be the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in Southeast Asia, and the British troops stationed there used to be General Mountbatten’s men.

According to the Letters Patent and Royal Instructions, the Commander of the Colonial British Forces was equivalent to the Commissioner of Administration of the colonial government, often attending the Executive Council and having a greater influence on government decisions.

The present Commander of the British Forces in Malaya is Lieutenant General Bilton Walker, who has jurisdiction over the British forces stationed in Malaya, but of course this is not the whole picture, as he has no control over the Pacific Fleet.

The British Pacific Fleet and its command has four hundred ships, including four battleships, six fleet carriers, four light carriers, eleven light cruisers, an anti-carrier cruiser, fifty-two destroyers, twenty-nine submarines, fifty-three frigates and a large number of auxiliary ships.

The thirteen search escort carriers had been decommissioned, and a few were even rusting in the harbor right here in Malaya, but just in time to be used as targets for nuclear testing.

From the beginning of the next day, Alan Wilson began to enter the role of the Malayan High Commissioner, the first guests are the leaders of the MCA as well as the representatives of the Chinese laborers who went to Newfoundland in the first place, and last night also improvised some information, so as not to be quite awkward when they met.

But with the Chinese labor representatives who had been to Newfoundland, awkwardness and all that was non-existent.

“Mr. Zhongtang!” Arriving at the commissioner’s office, Tian Qianqiu and Su Yang had a surprised look on their faces, “I heard that the commissioner of Malaya has been replaced, but I didn’t expect it to be Lord Zhongtang.”

“Mr. Tian, Mr. Su, it hasn’t been a long time, take me to greet your wife, Mr. Su, I don’t know if your wife is still adapting to life here? That’s a fine girl from Newfoundland, and I might not be happy if she’s aggravated.” Alan Wilson smiled politely, then dropped his gaze on the other MCA leaders.

A group of MCA Guild leaders including Chen Zhenlu and Lin Lianyu, Allen Wilson was not very familiar with them, but still had an approximation in his mind through information collection.

“According to your Chinese custom, I have prepared some clear tea, not the native British kind.” Alan Wilson gestured for a seat, “As the largest organization of the Chinese community today, it is reasonable for me to meet with you after taking office. Though I could do absolutely nothing more than meet you guys and have to meet the Indian National Congress.”

Two years ago, the Malayan Indian Congress Party was formed to present itself as representing all Indians, but the variety of racial and religious organizations that exist in the Indian community keep it in a divided condition.

This is nothing, Vietnam still has the Cannon Party, even the colors of the blue sky and white sun full of red are similar, the style is similar to the later national flag of Vietnam, except that the five-pointed star in the middle is a different color.

“In fact, we are not particularly strangers, perhaps you do not believe, we have long met. If you don’t believe me, you can take out the history textbooks taught to Chinese children and turn them over to see who wrote this set.” Alan Wilson swept his indifferent gaze over the faces of these Chinese leaders, “Zhongtang Ai is me.”

Listening to Allen Wilson’s official language that was not standard but definitely better than their guaranteed accuracy, the leaders of the MCA were all stunned for a moment, glancing at each other, Lin Lianyu spoke first, “Commissioner, it turns out that the Ai Zhongtang that Su Yang and the others are talking about is you.”

“Yes, isn’t it shocking, I even lived in Xiangjiang for a while during the war.” Alan Wilson smiled, “Mr. Lin Lian Yu I know you, you are a good educator. Standing up for you Chinese is worthy of admiration. But well, this is a British colony after all, you can’t do anything without our approval. Between August and October 1945, at the height of the independence frenzy, did you hear that the colonial government had discussions about driving all the Chinese back?”

“Do you think you can change anything by a tour or a protest? It was I who persuaded the collective of British Indian civil servants in New Delhi and then persuaded General Mountbatten to put a stop to such discussions.” Alan Wilson turned the tables and said, “Unapologetically, it was also my suggestion to bring in the Chinese to flush out the Malay independence fad, and at least so far, it’s worked out pretty well. Half of the community is quite honest.”

“What exactly is the Commissioner’s purpose in doing this.” Chen Zhenlu sat upright and asked rhetorically, “Lord Zhongtang wouldn’t do such a thing for nothing, isn’t he afraid of leading to bigger problems.”

“Whoever dares to be independent will die, what do you mean by bigger problems?” Alan Wilson leaned forward and said in a relaxed tone, “I can stand on the side of the Chinese or the other way around, it depends on who is in greater danger. On the day when it’s really untenable, it’s not like I haven’t been involved in the Indo-Pakistani partition, as for how many people you kill each other, it’s up to you.”

The temperature of the entire room seemed to drop a few degrees, and no one answered, none of them knowing what they were thinking.

“If the old-school Chinese can’t communicate, I’d rather communicate with people like Mr. Tian and Mr. Su, at least we still have a common language.” Alan Wilson’s fingers rhythmically tapped on the desktop, as if it was tapping on one’s heart.