shadow of britain

Chapter 33 The Arthur Hastings Principle
In the horse farm of Sir Peel's mansion in the suburbs, the surrounding trees are like shade, and through the blooming grass, one can vaguely see a figure as fast as lightning.

Sir Peel waved the whip in his hand, skillfully steered the valuable British thoroughbred horse across obstacles one after another, and the equestrian in charge of training him held a pocket watch respectfully to keep time at the finish line.

In just a few breaths, Sir Peel completed the final sprint. He let out a long breath and turned to ask the equestrian.

"Is there any progress this time?"

The equestrian smiled and nodded: "As an equestrian, although I am not willing to say this, I must honestly say that you are indeed very talented. Your score is 2 minutes and 52 seconds, which is already Very close to the level of a skilled rider.

In the Middle Ages, you could bring a few knight squires to help our great King Henry V fight the French by now. "

Sir Peel didn't take the equestrian's compliment to heart. He joked: "I'd rather charge against the Whigs and those extremists of my own party now than to fight the French."

The equestrian asked cautiously: "Is it because of the "Catholic Emancipation Act"? I heard that the former Supreme Court Justice, Earl Eldon, severely criticized the Duke of Wellington and you for allowing the bill to pass within the Tory Party." , and threatened to quit the Tory Party with those MPs who supported him."

Sir Peel got off his horse and said, "That stubborn old man seems to be living in the Middle Ages. If he follows his point of view, not only should the Emancipation Act not be passed, but all the Irish working in London must be driven back to their hometowns so that they can continue to return to the mud. Plane food.

He doesn't know that times have changed, and the 'Claire Incident' is the best example of times changing.

If we don't give Ireland the Catholic Emancipation Act, no Tory will win elections in Southern Ireland from now on.

Irish people would rather vote for ineligible Catholics than accept our offer of up to fifty pounds per vote as a thank you for voting.

The establishment of organizations such as the Irish Catholic Association also declared the urgency of the issue of emancipation. If the vote is not successfully passed this time, the civil war will [-]% break out.

In Great Britain, for a "Bill of Rights", the civil war between the two parties lasted for 50 years, and 10 people died. No one understands the great harm of civil war better than us.

It is a British tradition to resolve internal issues through negotiation, and it is necessary to resort to force as little as possible.

The Duke of Wellington and I are both supporters of this view. Of course we are responsible to our supporters, but before that we need to be responsible to the future of the country.

And those extremists, they only know to look at the things in their hands.

Some worry that allowing Catholics into parliament will threaten their standing as MPs.

The diocesan archbishops in the House of Lords are sticking to their old tune of 'the Anglican Church is England, and England is the Anglican Church'.

They are afraid that if this is the case, the Protestant believers will be separated from the Catholic Church, and that the bishops and senior priests in England will be re-appointed by the Pope in the near future.

As for the king, that greedy, vain and inferior guy, he is the supreme leader of the Anglican Church, and he is not willing to let those Catholics who do not recognize him as the supreme leader of the faith enter the parliament.

However, fortunately, the Duke of Wellington withstood all the pressure in the end, and he overwhelmed the king with his brilliant record and terrifying prestige.

Ugh……

You may not know that on the day the House of Lords voted, the Duke of Wellington sat in the voting hall of the House of Lords leaning on a cane.

To be honest, there are only two people in Great Britain who have enough prestige and ability to do this in recent decades.

One is alive and one is dead.

The one who lived was Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington.

The one who died was Horatio Nelson, the soul of the Royal Navy.

It's a pity that they were willing to sacrifice for the country, but some people not only didn't buy it, but took this opportunity to launch a general resignation from the party, throw themselves into the embrace of the Whig party, and force the Duke of Wellington to step down.

You should have seen it in the newspaper too, right?This time, they even did not hesitate to expose the problems of vote bribery and local declining constituencies, just to overwhelm Wellington's cabinet.

They blatantly accused the government of corruption and told the passionate Protestant public that the Emancipation Act was passed because the government had been paid by the Irish and manipulated by Catholics and the Roman Church.

Oh my God!

I can't believe it!
The sons of bitches!

These extremists should grab a mirror and take a good look at themselves!
Who was the one in the party who liked to accept bribes to do things for others?
The most corrupt parts of the Tories are the ones missing!

Now they do this kind of thing and spread this kind of argument, and they will only harm themselves in the end, these idiots! "

Sir Peel, who has always been gentle and gentle, unexpectedly exploded, which made the equestrian at a loss for a while.

Just when he was feeling embarrassed, he suddenly saw a servant running towards the racecourse with an envelope in his hand.

The servant came to Sir Peel panting, and said: "Sir, here is a letter from Scotland Yard. In addition, the Duke of Wellington, the Prime Minister, and the Duke of Anglesey, the Minister of Irish Affairs, have already accepted your invitation Here they are, drinking tea and waiting for you in the living room."

"A letter from Scotland Yard? What is so thick?" Sir Peel took a deep breath to adjust his emotions, then took off his gloves, and said to the servant, "Go and tell the two of them, I will come right after I change my clothes."

After finishing speaking, he opened the envelope and walked towards the mansion.

As soon as he opened the envelope, Sir Peel saw the contents clearly.

Response to Sir Peel's consultation on proposals for amendments to the Metropolitan Police's House Regulations

"It turned out to be this thing."

Just as he was about to put away his things first, he suddenly caught sight of the inscription on the letter——Arthur Hastings from the corner of his eye.

"Officer Arthur?" Sir Peel was interested.

He opened the letter and began to read it.

Originally, he just planned to take a cursory glance, but once his eyes fell on the content, he couldn't move away immediately.

In the letter, a detailed description and supplementary revision of the original internal regulations were made in detail, and each reasonable or unreasonable regulation was followed by the reasons and case studies that occurred during the execution of police duties.

In order to prevent Sir Peel from getting tired of reading, or not liking the long speeches, Arthur thoughtfully summarized all his suggestions into nine concise principles of police handling.

(1) The basic mission of the police is to prevent crime and disorder, not to suppress crime and riots with violence and severe legal punishment.

(2) The ability of the police to perform their duties depends on the support of the public for police action.

(3) If the law-abiding public voluntarily cooperates with the police, the police must ensure and maintain the honor and dignity of the public.

(4) The extent to which the police get the public's cooperation is inversely proportional to the amount of force and coercive measures needed to achieve the police's goals.

(5) To seek and win the respect and love of the public, the police do not rely on catering to public opinion, but rely on long-term fair law enforcement.They win the love of the public by their willingness to provide personal service and friendship to all members of society regardless of race or social status, by their politeness and good temper, and by their willingness to sacrifice the individual to defend and protect the lives of the masses.

(6) The police must abide by the relevant provisions of the law and use force only when reminders, advice, warnings and other measures are ineffective.

(7) The police should always maintain a good relationship with the public and respect the historical tradition of "the police are the public, and the public is the police".The police come from the public and go to the public. The police are only a member of the public and must wholeheartedly perform their duties of ensuring the interests of every public.

(8) The police should always act to fulfill its function and never usurp the power of justice by a mentality of individual or collective revenge or by arbitrarily judging crimes and punishing criminals.

(9) Police performance is assessed on the basis of reductions in crime rates and social disorder, not by how much visible action the police have taken to deal with crime.

Sir Peel looked at it, and even stopped walking.

Until a majestic voice rang in his ears.

"Robert, didn't you say to change clothes? Why are you still here?"

Sir Peel looked up, and it was his old friend, the Duke of Wellington, who was speaking.

He got impatient waiting, so he ran out to have a look, but he bumped into Sir Peel at the door.

The Duke of Wellington pointed to the letter in his hand and asked, "What is this?"

"Did you say this?" Sir Peel glanced at the title of the nine principles: "The "Nine Principles of Scotland Yard Police Handling" will be released soon, but this description is too official, and I don't like it."

Wellington asked, "Then what do you usually call him?"

"Why don't we call it "Arthur Hastings Principles". It's simple and direct, and it fits the original intention."

"Arthur Hastings?" The Duke of Wellington thought for a moment. "You mean the young Scotland Yard police officer who was in the newspaper?"

Sir Peel smiled and replied: "Mr. Duke, in view of the urgent campaign to repeal the Catholic Emancipation Act, I think it is necessary for us to establish a non-conformist leader in society with a positive enough image to eliminate the public. Hostility to the bill.

In my opinion, Inspector Arthur Hastings, who is young and capable enough, is a pretty good choice. "

(End of this chapter)