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Doubts about the subject

I copied (and translated) a message from user:Stefankras on my talk page.

There is an English redcoat [Castlereagh?] that is threatening France (You had better not; "Garde a toi"); Prussia sits in a cradle under the table; at the right is Austria (?) who has the Italian kingdoms (the mini-kings around the chair) in his pocket. This leaves the Russian czar on the left. The text of the man in the background is: "Take care of that Bear (Russia), he has set his mind on blood & his voracious appetite will gorge both east & west, and he is only making you his tools, to cut each others throat that he may devour you all the more easily". This does not match the the events in Verona, where according to the treaty Russia assures support to France; in the sources I looked at, no serious English opposition against a French invasion came to light. In addition, since the Carlsbad decrees, England only had the status of observer, whereas Prussia was a full member of the congresses. I find it difficult to match the contents of this cartoon with the Congress of Verona and one may also wonder on what basis the cartoonist obtained his information, as the text of the treaty was confidential. Tekstman (留言) 18:29, 15 May 2014 (UTC)