From Our Own Correspondent, Changchow, July 14.
The political situation here is constantly changing. Two counties in the south of this province. Yunsiao and Chaoan, were for a time lost to the South Fukien faction. When Li Lieh<chun left Swatow for the northwest of this province he left Hung Chao-lin charge, who thereupon wens over to Chen Chiung-ming. These two counties changed sides accordingly, and Changchow seemed to be menaced. There was great excitement in Changchow, and great numbers of troops were rushed through this city going south to recover these counties. Before long they were again restored, due, it is said, more to an amicable arrangement between Chiang Chih-ping and Chen Chiung-ming than to any actual fighting.
The armies of south Fukien and Kuangtung seem to be endeavouring to cut Chen Chiung-ming off from the possibility of securing supplies and reinforcements. They are trying to drive him from Swatow and Chowchowfu, and are working on three sides of a triangle, the base of which is to the south, which is under Hsu Chung-chi, the west side under Li Tsang Chih-ping and Chang Ching.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.