Immigration also required connections. In the past, East Africa had established two major immigrant recruitment systems in Germany and the Far East Empire respectively.
However, as the economies of Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire developed, the German territories had now changed from a region of population outflow into one of population inflow. Thus, after 1890, this system had basically become paralyzed.
East Africa's immigration system in the Far East had continued to operate on a certain scale. Of course, East Africa's main purpose in attracting immigrants from the Far East now was to supplement the population of its colonies rather than its homeland. With nearly a million square kilometers of land suddenly appearing out of thin air in East Africa's hands, the shortage of immigrants had correspondingly grown greater.
Hermann said, "This is no small undertaking. Most of our ships now have to transport war supplies to Europe, so relocating a million immigrants to Togoland will not be easy."
East African ships not only had to facilitate the export of domestic goods to Europe, but also handle commodity trade with the Far East, South America, the Middle East, and other regions. The pressure was immense. It could be said that the shipping industry now had more demand for vessels than supply, and under such circumstances, it was not conducive to carrying out East Africa's so-called immigration plan.
Hermann's words awakened Ernst. It truly was not a good time for immigration, so the plan could only be shelved for the moment.
However, Ernst said, "If the immigration plan is difficult to carry out, then we will begin by establishing and consolidating the local governing order."
"Although these colonies nominally belong to the Empire already, their local ruling classes are basically Germans. We still have much preliminary work to do."
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