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Chapter 644 Moral Kidnapping Sect Attack

The Nicobar Islands are located in the eastern part of the Indian Ocean and west of the Strait of Malacca. In 1789, the Portuguese first settled in the Nicobar Islands in the north, but later they were unable to establish the expected colony here due to bad weather.

After the natives rebelled against the Portuguese in 1857, the British instead turned it into a place where prisoners were severely punished according to local conditions. It was under the control of British India. The prison here has never released prisoners. Become a hell of a reputation.

Therefore, this place has also become the place that the British colonies in the Far East are least willing to mention and fear, because as long as you are captured and imprisoned here by the British, then don't even think about escaping, your life is over.

When the Dutch fleet carried out salvage activities and forcibly blocked and landed on the islands on May 12, 1878, the Dutch media even announced a horrific incident, and European newspapers followed up and reprinted it, severely damaging the reputation of the British Empire.

"We never thought that a hell on earth would appear before our eyes. Oh my God, during the 21 years of British rule from 1857, more than 17,591 Aboriginal and European prisoners were held here, and the death toll reached 11,850. Only There are 5741 surviving prisoners, and nearly half of them are dying. Such an archipelago with the prison as the background has become the latest portrayal of the British Empire. We cannot know the casualty index of the British when they exiled Millenia as prisoners, nor do we know the British casualties in that year. What is the death rate for exiled prisoners in Canada and Australia? Because the UK never publishes the real data, it doesn’t even disclose false information. Maybe what I saw from the Nicobar Islands was just the tip of the iceberg. , maybe the situation is even more serious."

While no one thinks prison is a good place, no one thinks prison is a real hell. But now the news announced by the Netherlands has suddenly made people feel even more unfamiliar with the word prison. Even the word "British prisoner prison" has become associated with the region in everyone's mind.

In a prison with a mortality rate of more than two-thirds, more than half of the prisoners who are alive are still dying. Oh my God, only one-sixth of the prisoners in 21 years are still alive?

Internationally, this triggered a large number of well-known people's defenders to condemn Britain's actions, and even many British people demanded that Britain disclose the conditions of all overseas prisoners in prisons.

On May 14, 1878, the bishops of the Eastern Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant areas held collective prayers for the prisoners who died in the Nicobar Islands Prison.

On May 15, 1878, the new leader of the Dutch Australian mainland, Francis Fangelo, announced that he would go to the Nicobar Islands to personally visit the 5,741 surviving prisoners.

"No one will think this is an accident. It can only be said to be a human tragedy caused by the British government. We strongly condemn this approach of the British government because it is carrying out human tragedy."

With the increase in immigration and the return of Belgium to the Netherlands, part of the population is Catholic, so the current proportion of the religious population in the Netherlands has changed dramatically. Protestants account for 52% of the Dutch population, and Catholics currently account for 40%. Other sects such as Buddhism share the remaining 8%.

The practice of Protestantism inspired other sects to follow.

On May 16, the Dutch Catholic Bishop Eunice of Calvin also announced that he would hold a prayer event in Melbourne to pray for all the deceased. Eunice also asked the United Kingdom to truly treat prisoners correctly and not torture- Wait for the prisoner.

The distinctive actions of the two Protestant and Catholic bishops in the Netherlands immediately made the two major Christian denominations immediately occupy the moral high ground. This made the Eastern Orthodox Church immediately dissatisfied, so the Greek Orthodox Church and the The top leaders of the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Tsarist Empire have joined in the condemnation.

However, Britain would not compromise easily, so on May 19, 1878, all Europeans saw that the Protestant Episcopal Church, which mainly supported the British royal family, and the Anglican sect, which mainly supported the Anglos, all Stand up to defend British interests and express dissatisfaction with the interference of other denominations in their dioceses.

“I don’t think that condemnation of Britain can be approved by God. On the contrary, I think that such condemnation is hurting the good people of Britain. They are suspicious of the condemners. This is in conflict with spreading the love of God, so we in the Anglican Church are dissatisfied. These actions are because God is philanthropic and does not listen to partial beliefs." The statement issued by the Anglican Church immediately captured the support of a large number of British people. This sect that has always supported the rule of the British royal family deserves to be the largest sectarian organization in the UK. It issued The statement immediately appeared in major British newspapers.

At the same time, Anglians also denounced countries that criticized Britain on the territory of the Anglos. In Canada, India, the Confederate States of America, and even within the Commonwealth of America, there were also newspapers of British origin publishing articles from the perspective of British interests. Produce favorable coverage of the UK.

Obviously, Britain is not afraid of pressure from other sects and is ready to resist.

On May 20, 1878, the Lutherans of Denmark, Sweden, the German Empire, and parts of Tsarist Russia in Estonia and Latvia suddenly joined this religious siege.

"No one would think that prisoners are innocent, but no one would think that prisoners should be killed. They need to have the opportunity to rehabilitate themselves, and the death rate in Nicobar Islands Prison has reached more than five out of six. How is this? I don’t think this is a separate incident. This has gone beyond the borders of the UK, because all the prisoners may not only be white British people, but also a large number of indigenous people. This will be very important for our European sects to promote Christianity outside Europe. It will create a huge missionary storm.

The Nicobar Islands made it more difficult for other sects to preach, so this was a great loss for European Christian sects and a huge sectarian public event.

There is not much we can do. We can only call on the British government to improve things that go against the original intention of God and peace on earth. At the same time, we will also work with the Anglican Church and the Anglican Church in the UK in the future. We have been in close contact with the sects in the UK and tried to directly reflect the dissatisfaction and resentment of the people in our dioceses to these denominations in the UK.

At the same time, we would like to propose that a collective meeting be held in the Holy See to bring together the Protestant, Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches, specifically to carry out further activities on the British Nicobar Islands prison incident. "

With the announcement of the Lutheran Church, the hot Christianity suddenly seemed to soften.

But everyone understands that this is just the calm before the storm, because the storm is coming soon.

To outsiders, they thought it was the sect's mercy, but to insiders they knew that this was a large-scale attack by the Netherlands on the sect's organization against the British, and the extent was unprecedentedly violent.

This made the always gentle and gentle Bismarck, a European strongman who knew the whole process, suddenly change his color.

Not to mention everyone else in European politics.