Show MANY SECRET TREATIES > < It Is Evident That Russia t and China Have a Entered Into Several Compacts During it I Uq ing Past Ftye Years Original Agreements Negotiated Secretlyby L Hung Chang During I His Mission to Russia in 1896Prince Ching Throws Light Upon and Confirms Several Stories asrto > RussoChinese DealsRussia Has Modified Later Ones J London March 20Dr Morrison t wiring the Times from Peking says Prince Ching received me today and I confirmed the information us to Rus sias modification of the Manchurlan convention The Chinese Minister at I I St Petersburg officially reports that Jtussla has agreed to eliminate the I clause granting her exclusive privileges privi-leges In Mongolia and Turkestan and also to modify Various other clauses objected loby China I Prince Ching warmly appreciates the assistance rendered China by the Intervention of England the United States and Japan but he Is not optimistic i optimis-tic concerning the return of the court to Peking The Russian amendments do not seem to modify sensibly the character of the convention ns creating n permanent per-manent protectorate The amended i clause giving Russia the right to construct con-struct a railway joining the Manchu I nan line to the great Avail declares that the concession the railway between be-tween Shan Hal Kwan and Nlu Chwang to a foreign company was a breach of a previous agreement between be-tween China and Russia No agreement has hitherto ben published with which that concession could conflict and It Is cvlOCTft there I I have been a series of such secret agreements beginning with the secret I treaty which LI Hung Chang negotiated during his mission to Russia In 1S96 I questioned Prince Ching concernIng concern-Ing the treaty and he assented to my suggestion of Its I existence without the slightest demur I have icason to believe be-lieve It originally promised China protection pro-tection only against Japan but was modified Jit Chinas request to Include protection against aggression by all foreign powers China invoked Its provisions after Germany secured ICalo I Chou but Russia turned deaf car |