Prussia reminds the powers engaged in the cause of the Confederacy that no one denied in 1776 the right of England to maintain her colonies, even those who sided with America only sided with America for political expediency. So too now do the Anglo-French. Prussia also questions this obvious lack of ideological consistency by asking all, specifically France, where this attitude towards self determination was when only four months prior, Great Britain and France engaged in a war of aggression against the Qing dynasty. Prussia also questions France why it did not support the Sepoy Mutiny only four years ago in India. 

Prussia further warns France that any mobilization in France will be matched by a mobilization in Prussia, as Prussia cannot be sure the French will not take armies allegedly meant for America and march east. 

[I]The previous policy statement was authored by Chancellor Bismarck, and assented to by King William I[/i]