Parse an xml file with line breaks in the beginning

Have an xml file with line breaks in the begining, parsed it with
XML:arser, getting an error like:

****
xml declaration not at start of external entity at line 3, column 0,
byte 4:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="yes"?>
^ at C:/Perl/site/lib/XML/Parser.pm line 185
****

xml-file.xml
***


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="yes"?>
<ROOT>
<PARENT>... </PARENT>
<CHILD>.... </CHILD>
</ROOT>

Raj Mudaliar