File No. 763.72/6746
The Minister in Peru (McMillin) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8 p.m.]
Interpellated last night by Chamber of Deputies, Minister for Foreign Affairs Tudela made following response:
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, approving the declarations contained in the last message to Congress of the President of the Republic [Page 322] and confirming the ideas which he has emitted before the House of Deputies, declares that the external policy of the Peruvian Government has for an object Pan American solidarity based on the principles of international justice which the President of the United States has proclaimed.
F. Tudela
If Germany refuses satisfaction for sinking Lorton, breaking relations probable. If she abandons prize-court contention and pays, break prevented at least temporarily.