The English paper Daily Chronicle published a series of critical commentaries on the South African crisis written by prominent persons. Included in the series was this letter. In it Kuyper offers ten concisely worded points that summarize his opinion about the stipulations of the London Convention (1884) and about England’s misjudgment of the racial sentiments of South African colonists of Dutch origin (cf. 1883.07). According to Kuyper, the Boers, like their American cousins, were still rooted in their Calvinist convictions. He warns that this Dutch Calvinist element cannot be counteracted except at a great military cost involving a sizeable occupation force. Peaceful consultation and negotiations in his view would be more just, less costly, and more effective. The Second Boer War broke out on October 11, 1899.

The letter was also included in De Standaard 28 (1899), no. 8438, September 4, 1899.