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Show LANSING DELIVERS PRESIDENT'S REPLY WASHINGTON, Sept. IS. Secretary Lansing made public today tho official text of tho communication he sent yesterday yes-terday to W. A. F. Y'kengren, the Swedish Swe-dish minister, in charge of Austro-Hun-garian interests, convoying President Wilson's rejection of the Austrian peace proposals. Bxcept for a paragraph acknowledging receipt of the minister's note transmitting transmit-ting the Austrian nolo, tho communication communica-tion does not. differ substantially from Mr. Lansing's statement of what the reply would be, issued Mondny evening, half an hour after Mr. Kkt-ngren delivered deliv-ered the Austria n proposal. |