The yellow peril. Illustration shows at center a man representing Russia, holding a cat-o'-nine tails labeled Russia with the lashes labeled Absolutism, Persecution, and Tyranny, next to him, on the left, are several dead or wounded people with the word Kishineff written on the ground, and in the background, clouds labeled Finland and Poland are hovering above large groups of people being persecuted by the Russians. The man is shielding his eyes against a burst of sunlight on the right in which is a Japanese woman labeled Modern Japan surrounded by the words Justice, Progressiveness, Humaneness, Enlightenment, Tolerance and Religious Liberty. The figure of a Japanese man labeled Medievalism lies on the ground, crushed by the light of Modern Japan. Date 1904 March 23. The yellow peril. Illustration shows at center a man representing Russia, holding a cat-o'-nine tails labeled Russia with the lashes labeled Absolutism, Persecution, and Tyranny, next to him, on the left, are several dead or wounded people with the word Kishineff written on the ground, and in the background, clouds labeled Finland and Poland are hovering above large groups of people being persecuted by the Russians. The man is shielding his eyes against a burst of sunlight on the right in which is a Japanese woman labeled Modern Japan surrounded by the words Justice, Progressiveness, Humaneness, Enlightenment, Tolerance and Religious Liberty. The figure of a Japanese man labeled Medievalism lies on the ground, crushed by the light of Modern Japan. Date 1904 March 23.