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Show ARGENTINA WILL ASK EXPLANATION FROM MINISTER BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 8. The director direc-tor of the Argentine foreign office when informed today of the revelations of the state department at Washington, in- volving the Swedish legation here in the transmission of certain German communi-calions, communi-calions, expressed great astonishment. He declared that he had had negotiations with Count Luxburg, the German charge, respecting the communications, the sub-i sub-i stance of which, as described to him, were apparently, not the same as that : revealed by the text of the dispatches made public in Washington. President Irigoyen, informed of the matter, said that he would at once call upon the foreign minister for a statement. state-ment. After a conference with the president the director of the foreign office said it would bo impossible to discuss the revelations revela-tions until he had received confirmation from Ambassador Naon at Washington. The evening editions of the newspapers i express surprise at the disclosures and - declare the situation is grave for the ; Swedish legation here. . The public at first doubted the accuracy of the reports, ; but the American embassy has confirmed j press reports. j Count Luxburg and the Swedish mtn-! mtn-! ister are absent from the capital over I the week-end. It Is expected the foreign office will demand an explanation from the Swedish j legation when confirmation of the Wash-; Wash-; ington exposures is received from Ambas-i Ambas-i sador Naon. |