“The Yellow Peril” published in the “New Zealand Truth” on the 16th of February 1907. The arms are labelled “greed”, “licentiousness”, “opium traffic”, “brutality” and “evil habits”. The cartoon shows a Chinese octopus reaching out of a cave across water to New Zealand and entangling a Maori woman.
Image Source: “The Yellow Peril” (1907) Te Papa – Tai Awatea (Accessed: 21st May 2009)
