Show china dodges behind the powers the chinese government has formal ly notified cussia that china owing to the attitude of the powers is not able to sign the Manc hunan convention it is china s des re says the for mal notification to keep on friendly terms with all nations at present she is going through a period which is the most perilous in the emp re s history and it is necessary that she should have the p of all however much she might be will ing to grant any special privileges to one power when oti ers object it is impossible for the sake of making one nat on friendly she should alienate the ies of all others li hung chang says this letter set ties the matter definitely and that russia was informally not fied to the effect march 29 prince ching asserts that every chinaman except li hung chang was against signing the convention |