Chapter 594 – There are always more solutions than difficulties

“Bring your people early tomorrow, don’t get into trouble!” Sending Su Yang out of the office, Alan Wilson gently commanded.

“Lord Zhongtang, I understand. Separate the people who are mostly coming together.” Su Yang laughed, unconcerned, “But we can’t control the petitions in those places in Penang and Malacca.”

“That’s why there are more than just heavy machine guns on the blocks over there.” Alan Wilson said unhurriedly, “How to control such a large flow of people, in fact, we do not have much certainty, so the battleships that rushed to the Far East from London are docking in Penang and Malacca, I believe that you and I do not want to see, a repeat of the bombardment of Jakarta, after all, once the matter is over, the damage is done.”

About the deployment of British troops in Malaya, it was not so secretive, and even just spread by word of mouth among the sit-in petitioners everywhere. In fact Alan Wilson was prepared for the worst.

It couldn’t be called a threat, and a verbal threat was better than things evolving to the point where they couldn’t end.

“Commissioner, done talking?” Alisa came out from the office next to her and inquired about the progress, “How was it?”

“Fine, I’m sure it won’t take long for the incident to die down.” Alan Wilson cocked his head for a moment and glanced at his deputy, volunteering to inquire, “Is there something going on?”

“I heard that Vivien Leigh arrived at the Malayan labor army and I wanted to check it out.” Alisa was a little embarrassed, “We’ve met before, I don’t know if she remembers me.”

“Should remember!” Alan Wilson replied with certainty, “Just make your way out in a military vehicle, pretty much the sit-in crowd is almost dispersed, there seems to be quite a few people suffering from heatstroke lately.”

Alan Wilson had been staying at the Executive Office, of course he couldn’t see how many sit-ins were suffering from heatstroke. But from what he had read in the newspapers, the colonial government had demonstrated the benevolence of the British Empire by sending people with heatstroke to hospitals.

A very good opportunity to manipulate public opinion, but it can give all those uncrowned kings a busy time. But it wasn’t a bad thing, it could help him, the colonial commissioner, to establish a persona. Currently local public opinion is polarized, some newspapers report that the battleships docked at the coastal military bases are ready to go at any time, while other reports focus on the negotiation between the colonial government and the petitioners, as well as the colonial government sends people suffering from heat stroke to the hospital for treatment.

As for the current number of sit-ins and petitions in British Malaya, in the London papers it was over a million. And the report he had received, probably from all the major cities together, was that there were about one hundred thousand.

Worthy of alarm, but not so anxious to sleep, as the eye of the storm is always a calm glance. London felt things were dangerous enough, while local Malayan officials felt okay.

The next few negotiations were difficult, and for a few days Allen Wilson felt like he was getting anorexia. Su Yang, who had volunteered and was willing to deal with the British colonial government, had clearly grown drunk over the past few days and had agreed that drunkenness did not come in degrees.

“I told the people outside that as far as this matter alone is concerned, the British have seized the reason, and we are indeed unreasonable, but out of defense of the interests of the Chinese, even if it is unreasonable, we still have to petition, after all, there are tens of thousands of people inside the prison alone. We can’t watch our compatriots, being beheaded after the government investigation.”

Su Yang honestly sat in front of Alan Wilson, and told him all about the discussion after going back.

“Oh!” Drinking a glass of wine, Allen Wilson thought for a while after hearing this and spoke, “This is good. First of all, it avoids the colonial overtones from my side, and then you represent the Chinese to deal with me, and there are also some overtones of knowing that you can’t do it. Anyone knows about the last incident, it was indeed the Chinese who took advantage of the British army’s vacation and created bloodshed, even if I killed the tens of thousands of criminals inside the prison, it is still reasonable.”

“Lord Zhongtang!” Su Yang listened to the words of this foreign devil in front of him and expressed his dissatisfaction in a low voice.

At the critical moment, he still saw the ugly face of the colonizers, the foreign devils were just so hateful, but the foreign horses were still worth caring for.

“Don’t be in a hurry, this is something extenuating after all. It also helps the unity of the Chinese, after this matter is finished, I believe that you two will be people with high reputation among the Chinese community, maybe I can help you apply for a justice of the peace from the royal family.”

Alan Wilson waved his hand to indicate a moment of peace, and portrayed a bright future for Su Yang, “In fact, do you guys have anything to lose? It’s just that Mr. Tian ate a few days in jail, which is already the smallest price to pay. Eat bitter to be a man, in general what I want is the Chinese guarantee, not to give the British and Malaysian government to find trouble, and you have avenged the death and can get the support of the same tribe, it is only that this year Malaya will have to pay some financial price.”

This price can be too big, Pamela Mountbatten’s Umbrella Corporation, currently is indeed not very powerful medical company, the cause is just starting, but manufacturing some aspirin drugs, or not.

Being a competent government, the current colonial government made the difficult decision to use the current year’s colonial proceeds to save the more than 100,000 injured people who had suddenly appeared by ordering two million aspirin tablets.

The colony’s hard-earned money would be turned around at the Umbrella Corporation and successfully arrive in London to be transferred to the imperial coffers in 1951, which on the one hand would make the Umbrella Corporation considered reliable by Whitehall.

The other advantage is that Alan Wilson will not be able to find such a humanitarian excuse to exploit the colonies, the responsibility is all Chinese, as for becoming a good friend of the Japanese, he himself deserved.

This era Japanese women should not have become the latter-day Japanese special version of the boxer, it is unlikely that he will visit Japan one day, the very uptight Japanese will also arrange for him to be served by two Yamato Nadeshiko.

Although it was unlikely that he would have the treatment of Emperor Mai, it shouldn’t be a problem to fight for short-term treatment.

“Then when will I tell the others what Lord Zhongtang meant, to tell the others?” Su Yang took the initiative to speak up, “Right now, the people who are generally involved in the petition are in a group, thinking that the government’s punishment is too heavy.”

“You can put up a banner to ask for the king’s attention. Our king is very spare, as long as you mention it, I can guarantee that London can hear it.” Alan Wilson smiled and spoke, “At that time, I’ll make a trip back to London by the way, and ask the Minister of the Sea to see if I can get a pardon from His Majesty.”

“But where are we going to find so many portraits of the king to hold up for a petition?” Su Yang made a difficult task, as a British colony, the present King George VI, is naturally the king of Malaya, but not every household has a portrait of George VI.

Alan Wilson did not speak, directly opened the wallet, and then quickly changed another wallet, from which he drew out a few Asian pound bills, drew out one held up, flatly said, “What must not be about a variation? I see a few of the London papers have front-page headlines again.”

He estimated that since George VI ascended the throne, should not have seen this kind of scene, countless seated on the ground, in front of the Malayan Administrative Office of the petitioners, holding Asian pound bills, raised up for petition.

“Isn’t it a bit obvious to be so patronizing, it’s really turning into the Lord Lieutenant.” Alan Wilson, holding binoculars, watched the scene through the well-lit windows of the Executive Office.

It was as if he instantly experienced how boring the life of the top man and the middle hall of my Qing Dynasty was.

This kind of scene, not to mention him alone, even the British soldiers behind the matter barricade had never seen. Endless petitioners holding up the banknote on the George VI, which has involved the royal family.

Such scenes quickly transcended time and space and became a hot topic of discussion on the streets of London.

“I think Alan will be able to be a Cabinet Secretary in the future.” General Mountbatten, who was carrying a newspaper, said to his youngest daughter with an odd look on his face, “But I don’t like this scene, it’s very much like nonviolent noncooperation.”

“Father, Alan doesn’t like Gandhi either.” Pamela Mountbatten corrected with a smile, “But at least we don’t have to worry, about a bloodbath.”

Regarding the petitioners’ request for King George VI’s attention to the matter, Alan Wilson’s explanation among the telegrams was that for the British Empire’s Overseas Territories, it was a real blur as to what the key members of the current Cabinet were and who the Prime Minister was.

In contrast the image of George VI is right above the Asian pound, and the locals still know something about that image.

As for how far it has come and whether it will be possible to smooth things over, Alan Wilson says it is still in the middle of a grueling trial and error.

However, in the eyes of the majority of the melon masses, what happened in the distant Asian colonies, a simple summary is that the Chinese carried out a petition campaign, demanding the release of the captured criminals, the number is a little more than enough for more than 30,000 people. I’m told that these are the numbers that have not all been brought to justice yet.

And the local administrator, who believes in upholding the rule of law in the British Empire, as well as in public opinion. They can’t budge on the matter, and are now at a standstill.

If you look at the alarmist talk in these papers, it is estimated that there is tension in the air in Malaya.

Allen Wilson, on the other hand, was thinking through the daily statistics and pondering what the response would be. London, whether it was the Cabinet or Whitehall, wanted things to calm down immediately, and any government that came across something like this was stability first.

“You go back and say that it’s not actually possible to release these criminals. But all those captured are boarded up criminals, and once released will cost the British Empire a huge moral price.”

Alan Wilson held out the bill for the purchase of aspirin, but it was written under a different name indeed, and spoke, “These are the figures we have recently tallied up, and the amount of money that will be spent to save the Japanese POWs could wipe out a year’s worth of tax revenue for Malaya. And at the same time, if you, as well as the MCA, can get more than three million signatures to jointly vouch for the detainees, I can consider returning to London to campaign for this.”