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Show CHINESE AGITATED OVER JAP COMBINE PEKING. Friday, Oct. 20. The Chinese press is agitated greatly over tho proposed so-called arm&allianco loan which a combination of Japanese munitions manufacturers is endeavoring endeavor-ing to make China for tho equipment of tho Chinese army. The Japanese, it is understood, desire the control of the two arsenals and (seck to have Japanese Jap-anese military advisors employed by China. They contend that such action would be necessary to prevent tho use of the arms by the governments of the north China provinces for political purposes pur-poses against the southern provinces. They also want China to ngreo to allow al-low Japan to supply China with iron claiming Uiat tho American embargo on stool makes this necessary. Tho Chinese newspapers denounced tho proposed agreoment ns a revival of group five of tho much discussed twenty-one demands made by Jnpan some months ago. Tho amount of tho propoBd, loan Is uncertain but probably'would total 30,-000,000 30,-000,000 yen. Tsao Yu-Lln, minister of communications, communi-cations, is the object of much criticism by many newspapers. 'They charge that the effort tChegotiate the loan is an attempt to give Japan control of the army. ty |