Show MANCHURIAN CONVENTION TION Prince Ching Confirms Rumors of Its Ill Modi A nl Urn tiered dorcil le rOil Chine hll b br IIII Japan J I London March arch 20 Dr Morrison Morison wiring tho the limes Ulnes from Pekin rays tys Prince Ching received mo urn 10 today toda and nd confirmed the Information as us to Bus Hua sins modification of oC the convention The Chinese se minister at St Petersburg that RussIa Hus la has haa agreed to eliminate the clause her exclusive privileges privileges privIleges leges In Mongolia Mongola and Turkestan and ad ant also to modify mod It various other clauses objected to by China Chinn Prince Chins Chin Cit warmly appreciates the assistance rendered China by the tho Intervention of England the United States tates and Japan but Iut he Is not tIe tic concerning tho the return of ot the court cour to A The hie Russian amendments do 10 not n t seem scorn to t modify sensibly tho the character o of tho the convention as IS creating cren u a per her permanent manent protectorate The amended clause clauso giving tho the right tu W con von construct construct a n railway joining tile the Manchu non line lne to the great wall wal declares that tho the concession of pt the railway be between between tween Shan Hal Hul Hii Wan Wa anti and NIu Chwang to a tt n foreign company c was a n breach of n Ct previous agreement be between I between tween China and Russia No agreement has haa hitherto been be n published with which that concession conce slon could conflict and It Is evident oI ent there have been a series of ot such secret agreements beginning with the secret treaty treat which M LI Hung Chang Chans negotiated during Ills his hl mission to Russia Ip 1 1896 1890 I questioned Citing ChIng concern concernIng concernIng Ing lag the tho treaty and he assented to my suggestion of oC Its existence nce without the tho slightest demur I 1 have havo reason teason to be levo It originally promised China pro protection pr only against t Japan but was modified ee at Chinas request lo to Include protection against aggression by nil all 11 foreign powers hoers China Invoked II Its Ita provisions after Germany secured Kalo Ialo Chou Choi but Russia turned a 1 deaf deat ear |