Washington, Aug. 4.
'Withdrawal of United States troops {from the Tientsin area was demanded fon the floor of the Senate to-day by' Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of Wlinols, [Democratic whip.
The withdrawal, he said, would "make the United States safe from 'a foreign conflict." Senator Lewis said he feared that American troops might clash with the Japanese in an incident similar to the recent Francu-
Japanese dispute over passage of troops through the foreign concessions Tientsin, 'The logical answer to the necessity of protecting American citizens in the area, the Senator said, would be remove them {rom the' vicinity.—
United Press.
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