 Complete the following phrase:  Mordinis task was far from easy. The diplomatic delegations from other countries, taking their lead from the Sardinian-Piedmontese government, still bound by the , refused to establish official diplomatic relations with the provisional government of Lombardy. Only the representative of the newly installed republican government of France declared, at least, that he accepted the offer of unofficial diplomatic relations. Mordini accordingly tried to enter into alliances with the de facto governments in 