"Maybe the Indians are not as relaxed as you are at this moment." Rab Butler said with a dumb smile.
"Minister, it's not necessarily true. From India's perspective, isn't it the time when it has the most autonomy in thousands of years? Is it really like what Nehru said, that India has been a political entity since ancient times?"
Alan Wilson smiled and said, "Although Indians may not believe it, now is the most glorious time for India. It may be a bit loose. Before this war, it was the most glorious time for India."
As long as we use a grand narrative to summarize it, if we are in different countries, we will look at other countries completely differently.
In the eyes of others, Britain is the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, an empire on which the sun never sets, and a world hegemon for two hundred years.
In the eyes of Alan Wilson, the United Kingdom, the independence of British India, the independence of British Sudan, and the independence of British Nigeria are all a thing of the past in rapid decline.
A few decades later, a certain big country saw itself, defeated in the Opium War, a century of humiliation, ceded territory and paid indemnities, defeated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1894, and had a civil war for decades.
A certain big country in the eyes of others, the last dynasty expanded all the way to swallow up Jungar, with a population of 400 million and an expanded land of 13 million. The winner of World War I, the winner of World War II, went to war with the United States, went to war with India, and went to war with the Soviet Union
, the world’s second largest economy, and then muttered that this century-old shame must be avenged.
Both situations are true, it just depends on how you look at it. What Britain did during the colonial era would not have been more excessive than those in the agricultural era, but this era recorded all the bad things that Britain had done.
But now, at least here in India, Britain can finally take a break from the list of number one enemies in India's eyes through this war. Even if Nehru is still wary of Britain, he cannot change the simplicity of the Indian people.
How could you forget the thought immediately after being beaten?
The news of the arrival of the British delegation in New Delhi spread quickly in this independent country, and Rab Butler received a huge welcome. India, which had fallen from the top to the bottom, remembered the goodness of Britain.
On the way to the Windsor Castle Hotel in New Delhi, countless Indians, regardless of gender, old or young, saluted the British delegation's motorcade. At this time, they were helpless and could only pin their hopes on Britain, thousands of miles away.
Entering the hotel, Alan Wilson went directly to the door of the reserved room and knocked on the door. The door was opened. Hedy Lamarr opened the door and directly dragged the man in.
"You're not wearing a classic robe?" Alan Wilson laughed. "This is New Delhi, the place where our fate began. It's very memorable."
"You are the only one who talks a lot." Hedy Lamarr rolled her eyes at Alan Wilson and murmured in a low voice, "That means I am obedient to you and will accompany you without any complaints no matter where you go."
"Yes, you worked hard." As he spoke, Alan Wilson already held Hedy Lamarr in his arms and admitted his mistake, "I was wrong. Any complaint in front of you is a blasphemy against your hard work."
"That's pretty much it!" Hedy Lamarr seemed relieved, feeling that her hard work was not in vain.
After a long journey, the two decided to take a bath and relax before getting into their intense work.
"It's really surprising to come to New Delhi this time. Didn't you say you would never come again?" Hedy Lamarr lay weakly in the man's arms. The redness on her face had not subsided, and she obviously had not recovered yet.
"Today is different from the past. I couldn't come here because I had some grudges here. It's different now. Other countries have taken over the UK's position." Lighting a cigarette, Alan Wilson said with an intoxicated look on his face,
"Then now that there have been changes, I don't have to avoid the opportunity to come to India."
Today, Alan Wilson can restore his true colors as an old friend of the Indian people, standing confidently on the side of India and seeking interests for Britain.
"But what about the large fleet assembled by the British?" Hedy Lamarr suddenly seemed to have remembered something and asked.
"They have something to be busy with." Alan Wilson raised his eyebrows, and the broken window effect was about to appear. This is no wonder in the UK. It is the Indians who are not living up to their expectations, which will naturally affect Indians in other places.
Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, is the core of British Africa once planned by the British. Like other British colonies, it has a large Indian community. The entire Indian population in Kenya is 400,000.
The news of India's defeat spread across the ocean and immediately shocked the Indian community here. Countless Indians took to the streets of Nairobi to express solidarity with their mother country. These people were very excited and wanted to leave and return home to join the war.
This caused the British troops stationed in Kenya to stay on guard and not dare to board the ship as planned. Instead, they adopted a vigilant attitude to protect the white community. What would happen to a foreign ethnic group in a strange place who did not regard themselves as locals?
The riot just happened, and the whole Nairobi was filled with smoke. Black people regarded Indians as accomplices of white colonists. In the presence of British troops, they did not dare to do anything to white people. But they were not so polite to Indians.
Already.
In the urban area of Nairobi, Kenyans who had long-standing grievances and shouted loudly launched a zero-dollar purchase operation against these foreign Indians. Riots broke out in every neighborhood. No one knew the cause or how it started.
Sensing the seriousness of the situation, the British military in Kenya scaled back their efforts to defend the white community. At the same time, they contacted the British Royal Navy fleet offshore and requested to suppress the rebellion in Kenya.
At this time, the Indian community is in a raging fire. Kenyans who have succeeded in zero-dollar purchases have tasted the sweetness and are completely immersed in the joy of zero-dollar purchases. There are also some people who want to attack the white community, but the British who are well-prepared
The army directly shot and killed him, and soon concentrated on causing trouble for the Indians.
There must be a reason why the Royal Navy cannot arrive on time. Otherwise, will the Indian nationalists think that Britain is unable to do its job? Alan Wilson certainly knows that it is a fact that it is unable to do its job, but the UK cannot admit this.
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It’s a pity for the Indian people.
As a British gentleman, Alan Wilson really didn't want to make such a move, so he asked the Malayan side to keep an eye on it. As for Kennedy, because of the complicated social environment and the British recently rushing to help India, they relaxed their vigilance and appeared.
A little mistake is normal.
The riots in Kenya immediately triggered a response from the Royal Navy, and the plan to travel thousands of miles to aid India had to be temporarily terminated.
The top priority now is to restore calm to Kenya. At the same time, London officially informed Kenya of the causes and consequences of the riots, and stated that this may be a broken window effect.
The broken window effect believes that if undesirable phenomena in the environment are allowed to exist, they will induce people to imitate them or even worsen them. Take a building with a few broken windows as an example. If those windows are not repaired, vandals may destroy them.
More windows. Eventually they may even break into the building, and if they find it uninhabited, maybe settle there or set it on fire.
If there are some graffiti on a wall that is not cleaned off, the wall will soon be covered with messy and unsightly things.
This effect was, of course, summed up by the famous British scholar Sir Wilson, who is currently the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Its fundamental purpose is to establish a scholar's character. Sir Wilson is currently in New Delhi.
After receiving the news, Alan Wilson informed Foreign Secretary Rab Butler of the facts of the riots in Nairobi, and attributed the root cause of the riots to India's defeat, which aroused the anger of the Indian people, which in turn led to the dissatisfaction of local blacks in Kenya, resulting in
caused this riot.
"Is there no problem in the white community?" Rab Butler asked nervously.
"At the moment, there is no problem!" Alan Wilson reassured Rab Butler, "But I am afraid that other colonies will follow suit. It seems that from the moment India was defeated, this will have no impact on many things in the world.
It’s the same. We must pay special attention to the trends in Aden, Mauritius and even other colonies.”
Alan Wilson showed a responsible attitude and said that the matter was left to him. Rab Butler was still preparing for the diplomatic trip with Nehru. He said it lightly, but he knew very well that the biggest broken window effect had not yet begun.
Woolen cloth.
For example, Pakistan, the other protagonist of the partition of India and Pakistan, saw India being beaten to a bloody head, and didn’t he have any thoughts in his heart? After the partition of India and Pakistan, the two countries became brothers in distress.
After this war, India will think that it should find a country with a strong army as foreign aid. Although Britain and the United States are powerful, they are not good at land warfare, and their homeland is indeed too far away from India.
Isn't this a coincidence? Pakistan thinks the same way, and it doesn't have to weigh who to look for like India. Pakistan borders a certain big country, so there is no need to think too much. An all-weather ally is ready-made.
Even if the United States exerts pressure, it is useless. The United States is far away, so how can strong assistance that is close at hand be more practical?
Pakistan is emboldened, and that is the real broken window effect, not the current riots in Nairobi, Kenya, where an unknown number of people have died.
When Rab Butler met Nehru for the first time, with a heavy heart, he informed Nehru, the former famous Prime Minister of a great power, about the tragic incident in British Kenya, and said that Britain would definitely handle it well and ensure
The safety of these Indians.
"The world is so unpredictable!" Alan Wilson sighed, wondering if he should replicate this in Mauritius? It can't be too cruel. The second largest ethnic group in Mauritius is of French descent, which is really annoying.