Show OPPOSED BY CHINESE I French Troops Held Back Near Tal f 1 I Yuen Fu I I London April 8The Peking correspondent corre-spondent of the Morning Post wiring I Saturday says The French are still opposed by the Chinese near Hal but I are careful to avoid a conflict because I any advance would be anticipated by the Germans whose patrols are thIrty I miles within the province oft Shan Si and can reach Tai Yuen Fu at any moment At Ching Ling FI the French intercepted Inter-cepted a letter from Li Hung Chang to tho Governor of Shan SI complaining complain-ing that the Manchurian convention conet must not be signed because the European Euro-pean powers wee wllllnp to sit down as usual to watch Russia devour China It is asserted on good authority that Russia is willing to give Japan a free l hand in Korea with 0 view to her assuming as-suming a hostile attitude |