In terms of distance, there is no need to worry about the rioters on the Andaman Islands affecting British India. With nearly a thousand kilometers of ocean, I dare not say it is a natural chasm, but that is just because I dare not say it. In fact, it is.
On the contrary, British Malaya and British Burma should be worried about being escaped by Japanese prisoners of war. As for which one should be worried more, Alan Wilson has a sense of happiness and worry.
British Malaya is currently an important rubber export base for the United Kingdom to the United States, and plays an important role in foreign exchange. It is also the next destination for overseas civil servants in the Evacuate the Cage Plan.
As for the situation in British Burma, it is more subtle. There are also Japanese prisoners of war working in Burma, and the scale is about 10,000 people.
Of course, these prisoners of war are not contributing their sweat to the future of Burma, but purely contributing to Alan Wilson's Emerald House plan.
Therefore, in the face of the interests of civil servants and personal interests, Alan Wilson decisively abandoned Malaya and contacted Burgess, the British Commissioner for Burma, a member of the Cambridge Five, and now a colonial commissioner.
I hope that Burgess, like Malaya, will pay close attention to the movements in the direction of the Andaman Islands. Regarding the riots on the islands, after Sir Barron mentioned it, New Delhi did not hide it.
Instead, after wrapping it up in words, he informed the London side, only emphasizing that the British expatriates had not suffered any losses. It was impossible to let the prisoners of war out of the Andaman Islands alone overseas, and the problem would be solved within a few days.
After doing this, Alan Wilson was able to contact other colonies near the Andaman Islands to jointly deal with this emergency.
This was a test of political wisdom, and he couldn't directly say that what he wanted to see most was to starve all the people on the island to death. When the cannibalism was almost done, the landing troops could go to the island to collect the corpses.
In Yangon, the capital of British Burma, Burgess received the polished telegram. This British Commissioner of Burma has high prestige in all walks of life in Burma and is very popular. The most important reason is that in the British India Assistant Commissioner
The recommendations given to the Burmese Commissioner were implemented.
This suggestion was to expel the Rohingya people from Arakan back to British India. This policy was implemented while British India was suffering from drought.
The Rohingya are mainly a mixed ethnic group formed after the South Asians who immigrated to Myanmar as helpers of the British colonial government's "fighting barbarians" campaign with part of the local indigenous people after the British took control of Myanmar in the 19th century. They were later integrated into the Third Indo-Pakistani War.
Bangladeshi refugees who later fled to Myanmar.
This is how the Burmese people understand the Rohingyas, so they are very welcome to Burgess's actions to bring things back to order after taking office as commissioner. However, it only made Andrew, the chief executive of Bangladesh, busy. Andrew had to find time to resettle while fighting the drought.
These Rohingyas.
Neither Burgess nor Andrew had the same sense of accomplishment as Alan Wilson himself in this matter. Burgess was just trying to bring order to the chaos, and he was the one who really brought order to the chaos.
This expulsion is good for everyone, especially the Rohingya people.
The Burmese Buddhists that the Rohingya face are not the Buddhism that was tamed by the Three Warriors and One Sect. The nature of Burmese Buddhism is similar to that of the Peace Sect. If modern society had not evolved, it would have been possible for the Rohingya to be exterminated en masse.
Once Myanmar becomes independent, the Rohingya who remain in Myanmar will definitely be expelled, and the rest will be destined to live a life worse than death.
In this case, Alan Wilson, based on humanitarian considerations, solved this problem while British India was still there. It would be a good thing for all parties.
This suggestion alone has saved countless lives. It doesn’t matter if the Rohingya people don’t understand it now, they will understand it in the future.
The second suggestion to Burgess is that compared with the native ethnic groups in many colonies, the Chinese are not too poor. If British Burma wants to assume the responsibility of blood transfusion for the British Empire, it must be good at utilizing the Chinese group.
Therefore, the core of the suggestions that helped Burgess gain a foothold was to identify the ethnic groups in Myanmar and adopt some ethnic groups for his own use.
To be honest, Myanmar has not been affected by this year's drought, and its grain output has remained at the level of normal years.
However, the affairs of British Burma have nothing to do with British India, and British India has established the spirit of self-improvement, so the food of British Burma is naturally transported to the mainland where it is more needed.
Alan Wilson, who made important contributions to Burgess's establishment in British Burma, just hoped to get help from Burgess to closely monitor the coast to prevent fish from slipping through the net. This request is not excessive at all.
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In the telegram, Alan Wilson also mentioned that if he had not been operating in British India, would it have been so easy to expel one million Rohingyas? That would account for nearly one-tenth of the current population of Myanmar, and Myanmar also
There are only 12 million people, and if you include the Rohingya people of various Indian origins, the number is close to 1 million.
If he hadn't taken over the reins in British India, would Burgess, the Burmese commissioner, have had an opportunity to establish prestige and show his courage? The mountainous areas of Burma are mostly ruled by feudal hereditary minority upper-class chieftains, and the economic development level of the Arakan region is very backward.
The British developed a large amount of wasteland here, and the demand for land for labor increased greatly. Bangladeshis in the Chittagong area immediately moved to Rakhine State in Myanmar as seasonal day laborers. The "Twelve Towns of Bengal" had more people and less land. In addition, the British colonial authorities
The land grant system was implemented in the Arakan area, and a large number of Bangladeshis moved in and settled there.
Although the Rohingya are annoying, the Rakhine area is very wealthy in this era. This is why the Burmese admire Burgess so much. Aren’t the fields and houses vacated by Rakhine all theirs?
Although the essential reason is that Alan Wilson felt that the ethnic groups in British India were unbalanced, so he asked these peace believers to return to British India to strengthen the power of peace believers in the Ganges Delta and prepare for the future partition.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! These Rohingyas who have been expelled once, because they have had a similar experience, will definitely become the vanguard force to resist the Hindus when the partition comes.
Occupying an extra piece of land will also contribute to the future balance of the subcontinent. It is said that they are originally Bengalis and there is nothing wrong with returning to the land of their ancestors.
Although it hurt some people, the advice given by Alan Wilson was very effective. The praise Burgess received in Burma was not false, so he received a telegram from Alan Wilson and after consideration, he called back to express his willingness to pay attention to this issue.
The Malayan Fleet also set off at this time to perform a blockade mission in the Andaman Islands. At the same time, the local British army also issued orders to prevent unidentified people from appearing on the coastline.
Coastal communities received a warning from the British garrison, ordering them to report any suspicious persons immediately.
"What happened?" As soon as the colonial officials left, people in the community immediately started whispering among themselves.
"Maybe something happened to the island where the Japanese were exiled."
A middle-aged man took a puff of a cigarette. If Alan Wilson were here, he would be greatly surprised. I didn't expect that a small British Malaya actually had political masters. It was really disrespectful.
Unfortunately, he was sending a telegram, thanking Burgess for his help and saying that he would go to Yangon to visit him when he had free time.
So nothing in the world is 100%, so what about the Cambridge Five? As long as they play their role in the right place, they can still contribute to the British Empire. It all depends on how they are used?
As Commissioner of Ceylon, Maclean upheld justice and set off the Hindu liquidation in Ceylon. But now he was very popular with Buddhists in Ceylon. Burgess deeply felt that the native Burmese ethnic groups were hostile to Indians, so he ordered the country to take advantage of the drought.
The British Indians expelled them when they were in a hurry, but they also received gratitude from the Burmese.
Who says that the Cambridge Five cannot become the cornerstone of the British Empire? The problem is that they are also very popular with the local people, which can be said to be a win-win result.
After the riots in the Andaman Islands, the Governor-General in New Delhi responded quickly and put together a fleet of Indian and Malayan destroyers and Burmese gunboats. The number was decent, but the tonnage was very shabby, and the Andaman Islands were destroyed.
The lockdown will last for one month.
Any floating object that goes out to sea from the Andaman Islands, no matter it is a simple raft or a log, as long as it is floating, this motley fleet among the motley crew can shoot directly.
This military order is to ensure that the affairs of the Andaman Islands do not affect the stability of the surrounding British colonies and must be strictly implemented.
Telegrams of the fleet's departure came one after another, and everyone in the Governor's Office heaved a sigh of relief. This crisis seemed to have been passed without any danger. The news of the riots in the Andaman Islands was currently limited to a small group of senior officials in British India.
Some people know.
As for the Indians being completely kept in the dark, this result can be said to be quite perfect. At present, Indians are not suitable to know about the future of British India.
The sea in the Andaman remained as calm as ever, and the storm on the island did not affect other places. This was a good result for the British Indian civil servants involved.
"Sir, when are we going to inform Nehru and those people?" Edel also breathed a sigh of relief and said with relief, "After all, there are many Indian soldiers up there."
"There are probably no Indian soldiers up there now." Alan Wilson took over the words and said, "I personally think that it is not necessary for Nehru and those people to know about this matter. It is better to focus on the drought. In the end, it is better to focus on the drought.
The difficult time has passed, but the problem of food shortage may continue for some time."
This means that the peak period of famine deaths should have passed, but it does not mean that the famine will stop. It can only mean that the real proletarians have been eliminated, and the extremely poor groups are still struggling to survive.
In the future, there will still be people who starve to death, but not as many as in recent months, forcing everyone to keep their lids on.