CHAPTER XV. Mountbatten
Once the princely states of Hyderabad and Junagadh form an alliance in some sense, it can bring many powerful princely states to join. No matter what the Congress Party and the Muslim League think, the worst outcome is like history, and it will not be able to stop the rolling wheels, but as long as India can break up the princely states in a few years, he will feel that he is very worthy of Ali Khan, and he will return to Britain with confidence and a clear conscience.
Soon news of communication between Sir Barron and the Congress party and the Muslim League had arrived, and Nehru himself had come to the Governor's Palace, while the leader of the Muslim League, Ali Jinnah, had not come.
However, the representative of the Muslim League brought Ali Jinnah's opinion, and the Muslim League said that as long as the Governor-General's Office has a clear plan for the partition of India and Pakistan, it can support it in the ensuing war. And Nehru, the chairman of the Congress Party, was willing to cooperate with the interests of the British Empire in this matter.
The statements of the Congress Party and the Muslim League relieved the Governor's Office, and the British Raj was stable and could continue to support the war to recover Burma, and the senior officials and commissioners of the provinces were also happy to see this.
Rather than supporting the war, the Congress party and the Muslim League are now more concerned about the upcoming elections to the Central Legislative Council. Democracy is a good thing, and the more chaotic it is, the more it can act as a buffer and be used for bargaining.
"It was an unexpected thing for the Congress Party and the Muslim League to express their support so quickly." John was impressed that he had the impression that this kind of cooperation had long since disappeared, and that before he came to British India, he had heard that more than 20 years ago, relations between the Congress Party and the Muslim League were good.
"Nehru is Ali Jinnah, and he is not an ordinary person, but he can vaguely feel that the Governor's Palace is slightly biased towards the Muslim League." Alan Wilson just ate his words and didn't go deeper into the topic.
Although Nehru only went to the Soviet Union once, he could only be regarded as a hurried passerby, but judging from India's operation after independence, Nehru was really influenced by the Soviet Union, and many of his policies were variants of the Soviet Union.
As for Ali Jinnah, he was a leader who was completely close to the West, and in terms of faith, both of them were heretics in their own beliefs, and who would have thought that Nehru, a Hindu intellectual, would have a particularly favorable opinion of the Soviet Union, which cried out for equality? It even affected India for decades.
Ali Jinnah, on the other hand, is a Shia of the Peace Religion, which is a complete minority in the peace world, and also within British India, and he can be the leader of the Muslim League, which is almost as good as Kaihang.
From these two people, Alan Wilson suddenly discovered, is it true that history needs to rely on heresy to advance? The Anglican Church in England was undoubtedly heretical compared to the Roman Catholic Curia in the Middle Ages, but it was the first to start the Industrial Revolution.
Britain's attitude toward the Muslim League and the Congress Party must be to support the Muslim League a little bit and prevent the Congress Party from becoming the dominant party. From the perspective of the whole of Eurasia, independent India has of course cut off the peace of the world.
But Britain did not want India to become uncontrollable, so it used the Muslim League and later Pakistan to contain India. Alan Wilson remembers that Pakistan began with the partition of India and Pakistan under the name of the Dominion of Pakistan, and it was not until the fifties that it was officially stated.
At present, how are the two major local forces in British India, it is not the turn of the two princely state commissioners to worry about, the most important thing for the two is to make money, after Alan Wilson said, John is very concerned about the affairs of the princely alliance, whether British India will exist in the future, and how long it will exist is not anyone's guess, and it should be prepared as soon as possible.
"Both Maharaja are pacifists, and they really should move around. When I get back, I can arrange for the two Maharaja to meet, and then I will also go to Hyderabad. John said thoughtfully, "Both of us are present, and communication may be smoother." ”
"We are the commissioners of the princely states, and it is not a bad thing to think about the interests of the princely monarchs in any way." Alan Wilson spread his hands, as if he had the intention to kill the thief and was unable to return to the sky, "Maintaining the influence of the British Empire is the reason for us to do this." ”
Cha! John took out a match and wiped it, lit a cigarette for himself, and said, "That's right, that's what I'm trying to say." It's time for us to go back to our respective princely states, and whatever we do will take time. ”
"I agree, go and say goodbye to Sir Barron." Alan Wilson thought about it for a while, and felt that it was not interesting to take it with him in New Delhi, and it was better to go back to Hyderabad to be an English gentleman if he saw anyone who was older than himself.
I don't know if it's the British civil servants who have more cores, or the two people who are more personal advisers to the princely monarchs, all the way to Sir Barron's office, it was a mess, pushed the door open and just wanted to speak, Sir Barron, who was holding the microphone, frowned and said, "He's not here, okay?" ”
When I looked up, I saw the two of them coming in, and directly sorted out the documents and said, "My personal secretary is not there, can Alan help me send this document to the commander-in-chief." ”
"Well, I'm willing to help." Alan Wilson, who was about to leave, could only reluctantly agree, the commander-in-chief in Sir Barron's mouth is the current commander-in-chief of the Southeast Asian theater, the famous Mountbatten.
One has to mention the aura that shrouds Mountbatten, whose great-grandfather was David II of the Hesse-Rhine Highway and Prince Alexander Battenberg. His maternal great-grandfather was Prince Karl of Ludwig II's son, his maternal grandfather was the cousin of Prince Alexander Battenberg and Grand Duke Ludwig III of Hesse-Rhine, and his maternal grandmother was Princess Alice, the second daughter of Queen Victoria.
Mountbatten had relatives in England, Denmark, Greece, Russia, Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Romania, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the German princely families of Hesse-Rheinland, Mecklenburg, and others.
In addition, as a direct descendant of Queen Victoria, Louis Mountbatten was one of the presumed heirs to the British throne at birth, following Edward VII's youngest daughter, Princess Maude, and later Queen Wilhelm II of Norway, but ahead of Queen Victoria's three youngest daughters and their descendants.
The current Mountbatten came to India two years ago and took up the post of commander of the Southeast Asian Theater of Operations, but as far as the news from the theater command is concerned, there is basically not much to worry about in the battle plan. Compared to the Indian Colonial Department and the Viceroy's Palace, which were always in operation, Mountbatten was very idle.