Show HAVE 3EEN ANNIHILATED BussioJuProtective Porce Believed to be Uassncred St Petersburg July 2gIn the opinion opin-ion of Russian general staff the protective pro-tective force on the railway between Charbln and TlLIen must be In a critical criti-cal position since no definite news of the situation there has been received All thai Is known Is that the wives and children of the worklngmen have fled to Charbln The detachment which numbers 200 were al the end of June threatened by 15000 Chinese with artillery As late as July 17th It had nol been heard of eIther al Charbln or Sungari and It la feared that the force has been annihilated anni-hilated Col Artamonoff of the Russian general gen-eral staff a woIHcnown traveler has been ordered to proceed to Kwang Tung and then to place himself at the disposition of the Governor of Port Arthur |