London, Dec. 27.
Britain 1s carefully considering the Pan-American protest over the alleged infringement of the "safety zone" provided in the Declaration of Panama, and will reply "in due it was unofficially learned last night.
Britain fully understands the Pan-American desire to keep American waters free of belligerent activities, but at the same time contends that the protest contains an error in fact, namely reference to the "sinking and detention of German merchantmen by British warships in American waters," it was reliably reported.
Tt was recalled that the British sunk no German ships in Pan-American waters. All of them were scuttled by their own crews.—United Press.
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