- The Coalition in Hungary seem to be divided in
opinion as to the nature of the reply to the King, for which Count Albert Apponyi was mainly responsible. In an article published on Friday week M. Kossuth declared that the Coalition's answer was not an ultimatum, but an offer of an armistice, and did not for a moment suggest that the King should accept in advance the verdict of the new electorate. "Any one acquainted with the present unyielding standpoint of the King must have known that he would reject such a demand from the outset." Count Albert Apponyi, however, does not seem to have known it, for in a speech the same day at a Conference of the Independence Party he explained that the Coalition had in their reply put upon the standpoint of the King the only interpretation compatible with the Constitu- tion,—namely, that he still felt doubt about the real verdict of the nation. This is, in effect, a statement of what M. Kossuth has denied, and the announcement which the Coali- tion have since made, that there are no differences of opinion among them, seems to be sceptic,ally received. We sincerely trust that there are differences, and that M. Kossuth's view, which, as we argued last week, is the only hope of peace, will prevail.
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