Mtwara lay on the eastern shore of Mikindani Bay, a natural deep-water harbor in southern Tanzania.
As the first hurdle after the new administrative reorganization, construction of Mtwara Port was given top priority.
Its construction was jointly carried out by the Roenroda government and personnel from the Upper Coastal Region.
In its initial stage, it would be able to berth roughly two ships after completion. That was enough; fleets arriving from Europe could split up here.
Two ships at a time could distribute several hundred Austro-Hungarian immigrants, and together with immigrants arriving from the Far East, the accumulated numbers would be sufficient to meet the population needs of the Lower Coastal Region and the East Lake Malawi Region.
While Ernst pondered and reviewed the Paraguayan War, a worry had in fact begun to grow within him.
Counting through the tragedies of the Paraguayan War, on the surface, Paraguay's leader Lopez had yearned to become Paraguay's Napoleon, using an advanced army to defend Paraguay's own interests—its territorial disputes with neighboring countries and its autonomy—only to ultimately invite a beating from three nations.
In truth, the shadow of the British lay behind the Paraguayan War. Affected by the American Civil War, Britain had lost its North American agricultural market, and so it sought to make up for its losses in North America through trade and economic expansion into South America.
Beginning in 1857, under agreements reached with the Argentine Federal Government and the Brazilian Government, Britain began building railways in these countries linking the most important agricultural regions and ports.
At the same time, Britain wanted completely free navigation on the Paraná River and the Paraguay River, and wished to conduct tax-free trade with Argentina's inland provinces and Paraguay.
Paraguay firmly opposed this. Yet because the Paraná River passed through Buenos Aires