3-086-056 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Chinese Question: the German Occupation of Kiao-Chau [or Kaiochou] - German flagstaff erected in front of the Government House, Tsingtan, 1898. 'Facsimile Sketch by our Special Artist, Mr. Melton Prior. "The 'Yamen' (Government House) where the late Chinese General lived, is now occupied by the new German Governor and his officials, and outside this building is a wall with a most curious design of a dragon, etc., on it. Behind this wall a staging and flagstaff have been erected, and sentries posted - in fact, it is used as a signal station for the ships in the bay. The wall and dragon, I have heard, represent the Chinese precaution for keeping away evil spirits".' Melton Prior. From "Illustrated London News", 1898.