 Nyorai kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Chancellor von Bismarck akanga asati ambova munhu wokugoverana vavariro dzake nenzira isingasaruri, asi mukati megore ra 1885 kwakava pachena zvikuru kuti akanga asingachagutsikanizve nokusiira kuwedzera kwoumambo hweEurope kuvaFrench navaBritish. VaBritain vakanga vava kunyanya kuparadzaniswa mukati meEurope, asi hurumende yeGermany yakanga ine chikonzero chokugamuchira - uye kunyarara kubvumirana - kunetsekana kweBritain pamusoro pekuwedzera kweRussia kwakanga kwave kuri kuratidzwa kubvira pamberi pa1855. Munyika yose,wo, hurumende dzeGermany dzaiva nechikonzero chokugamuchira kuwedzera kweumambo hweBritain nokurwisa zvinangwa zveFrance. MuEast Africa, naizvozvo, kukwikwidzana kwakavakirwa mukuratidzwa kwemakundano anovhiringidza ehurumende dzeBritain neGermany pakati pa1885 na1914 kwaizofukidzwa pasi pechifukidziro chokushandira pamwe nenzira inoshamisa. Zvisinei, kana hurumende yaBismarck yakaramba yakadzikama mune zvamatongerwe enyika pamusoro pezvirongwa zvokukoroniza mativi makuru eEast Africa, Carl Peters akanga asiri kushanda pasi pemiganhu yakafanana. Iye nevamwe vake vatungamiriri vekambani, vakaziva kuti rwendo rwaUssagara rwemavhiki gumi nemaviri pakupera kwa1884 rwakasiya chirongwa chavo chekoloni chisina kupera. Mukati ma1885 nzendo dzakawanda dzakawedzerwa dzakatumirwa kunyika yomukati dzakabva kumhenderekedzo yegungwa yeEast Africa. Imwe yeiyi yakaendesa Jühlke kure seGomo reKilimanjaro. Mumakore akawanda a1885 akaramba ari muZanzibar City, achisiya vamwe kuti vaongorore mukati meAfrica, asi musi wa10 Chivabvu 1885 akaenda mukati kubva kuPangani, achiperekedzwa naPremierlieutenant Weiß, achipindura rairo yakagamuchirwa, kuburikidza neteregirafu ichangobva kuiswa, kubva kuBerlin. 