The French government, however, displayed a marked reluctance to enter into any general discussion of the Egyptian question. Notwithstanding that Soult had himself suggested Vienna as the seat of the negotiation, when he was under the impression that Russia would object to confer with the Powers on the affairs of the East, he now deprecated the selection of that capital.[507] The French government, reported Bulwer, on August 30, will refuse to consent to any measures of coercion against the Pasha, "until the whole question--that portion of it relative to the Dardanelles and Russia as well as that relating to Egypt and Mehemet Ali--is decided."[508] About a fortnight later, Bulwer was enabled to ascertain Louis Philippe's opinions upon the situation. It was advisable, the King considered, to discover what would satisfy the Pasha, and then to insist upon the Porte making the required concessions. When Bulwer objected that such a course was hardly consistent with the _collective note of July_ 27, His Majesty gave him to understand that "in affairs of this kind, all notions of honour and dignity among States need not be greatly considered. I want peace," said he, "nothing but peace, and I see no way of preserving it but by soldering up this affair as soon as possible." The discussion then turned upon the military means which were available for the coercion of the Pasha. "Naval measures," Louis Philippe declared, "would prove insufficient; bayonets were needed, and we (England?) had no bayonets to employ."[509]