Heinrich von Eckardt
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Heinrich von Eckardt (20 July 1861, in
Baltic German diplomat in the service of the German Empire
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Life and work
After studying jurisprudence at the University of Jena from 1881 to 1885, Eckardt went to Istanbul in 1886, as a member of the German diplomatic service. From 1899 he was posted to Tehran, Belgrade, Athens, Havana (1908 – 1910) and Cetinje (1911 – 1914).
During the
Resident Minister for the German Empire in Mexico, taking up the appointment in 1914 and holding it until 1918. After the departure of the German supported President Victoriano Huerta in 1914, German sentiment towards the new President, Venustiano Carranza, was significantly negative; Eckardt believed Carranza's government ministries were "prototypes of vulgarity and depravity". His attitude towards the president remained bitter, despite attempts by Carranza to suppress anti-German
publications, which he described as "pedant mediocrity".
Zimmermann Telegram
Eckardt is known for being the recipient of the
Battle of the Atlantic
and the possibility that it may further attempts to compel the British into peace.
Despite the discovery of the telegram by the United States and Britain, Eckardt approached
Catholic Church, leading to the church's boycott
and Eckardt's unsuccessful attempts to coax them out of it.
Eckardt was previously the German ambassador to the Kingdom of Montenegro during the Balkan Wars. He was present on April 27, 1913 when Austria demanded to King Nicholas that Montenegro return Scutari to Albania.
References
- "Mexican-German Relations, 1910-1918", WibeMedia.com, retrieved September 9, 2006.
- "Die Reichsgründung Bedeutete Einen Einschnitt" (Nyary, Josef), updated July 25, 2005.
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