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Show THRONE 1SSU.S IMPORTANT EDICT PEKIN, Dec. 4. An important step has Just been takeu by China to expand ex-pand and increase the elTiclency of the array and navy. The throne today Issued 'edicts creating a navy department, depart-ment, which up to the present, h;s consisted merely of a tentative board for tho conduct of naval affairs Prlnco Tsal Hsun, uncle of the emperor, em-peror, who recently paid an extensive visit to the United States, has been appointed president of the new d.--partmeitt and Its full rccouimenda loa for the regulation of the navy have been approved. The general staff of the army will be reorganized along modem Huts as pioposed to General Yin Tscrang, who formerly was minister to Germany, Ger-many, and now is president of the yuv department. The thron prdnts to . the necessity of making the army and navy effective aud with this In mind, dismisses many officers of the old school, with n pension. The most advanced Chinese, both privately and In tho newspapers, have "f late pointed out that the alliance which China so grently desires with tho United States could not be attained at-tained unless China wag able to show her share of the common forces. . |