From Tientsin Washingion, Feb. 4.
The United States decided to-day tu reduce its armed forces In North+
Stile Aepartment announced of the 15th Infantry in Tientsin, and the Wwanisfer to Tientsin from Peiping of two companies of marines 'OmMeials. said that this' action was me with the "principle of effecting the withdrawal of such forces whenever the situation had so deve-oped a 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 eqmmitted to this prinefple—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.