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Show oo REPLY MADE IS PARIS, Sept. 27 The text of the French commander's reply to a letter brought by the Bulgarian ofllcor read: "My response, that 1 send through the Bulgarian officer bearing the letter In question, cannot be, by reason cf the military situation, other than tho following: j "I can accord neither an armistice hor a suspension of hostilities tending to interrupt, the operations iu course. On tho other hand, I will receiyo with all due courtesy the delegates, duly qualified, of the royal Bulgarian government, gov-ernment, to which your excellency alludes al-ludes In the letter, theso delegates to present themselves in tho British lines, accompanied by a parliameu-clnre. parliameu-clnre. ! (Signed) "FRANCHET D'ESPEREY." oo |