Washington, Feb. 4.
The United States decided to-day tu reduce its armed forces in Northern Chin:
The Stste Department announced the withdrawal of the 15th Infantry now stationed in Tientsin, and the transfer to Tientsin from Peiping of two companies of marines.
Offcials said that this action was in line with the "principle of effecting the withdrawal of such forces whenever the situation hed so developed as to warrant the view that the withdrawals could be effected without detriment to American interests and obligations in general."
The announcement added that the United States had long been committed to this principle—Reuter.
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