In the late nineteenth century, East Africa emerged unexpectedly as the primary destination for German immigrants, a status it held for less than forty years before fading due to Germany's rapid economic development.
Moreover, the later data on East African immigrants contained significant discrepancies, with many Slavs being directly classified under German immigration, primarily contributed by Austria-Hungary.
At least thirty percent of the Germans who initially immigrated to East Africa were actually Slavs, thus helping Austria-Hungary curb the growth of the Slavic population; otherwise, the situation in Austria-Hungary would have been even more difficult.
It is hard to say why Austria-Hungary did not disintegrate directly after the devastation of World War I, but it is clearly linked to East Africa, or rather the influence of Ernst within the empire.
Conrad continued, "We should select only those American Germans with lower educational levels to minimize the risk."
