"There are not more than six men in the Mexican army with German names, and they have been with the Constitutionalist movement from its inception."
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March 2.?II. von Kckhardt, German minister to Mexico, declared yesterday that he knew nothing about the instructions alleged to have been sent to him by Foreign Secretary Zimmermann regarding a German-Mexican alliance in the event of war between Germany and the United States. Von Kckhardt made this statement in replying to the question whether he had followed the instructions alleged to have been sent to him by Dr. Zimmerman:
"You must go to Washington for your information," the minister said. "If you must say something, you may say the German minister knows nothing about it."
Tamekicht Oskal, charge d'affaires for Japan, was hired he had not been approached in any way with a proposal for any alliance with Mexico or Germany against the United States.
Garza Perz, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, now in charge of the Foreign Office, declared he knew nothing of the proposals mentioned. If the proposal had been presented by Minister von Kckhardt which he personally declined, he said, it was presented directly to Minister von Kckhardt.  Foreign Affairs
Aguilar or General Carranza.
It seems to be the general opinion among well-informed public men here that the proposal outlined in the Zimmerman note probably has not been definitely presented to General Carranza by Minister von Eckhardt, although this is only a surmise on their part. 