In this letter to the editor of the Nieuwe Courant (L.J. Plemp van Duiveland [cf. 1872. 02]), Kuyper responds to the false claim in various press reports that the president of the French Republic had received him in Paris on Sunday June 10, 1906. The press wondered why this meeting had taken place on Sunday—a violation of the Sabbath. Attempts to rectify the matter in, among other places, De Standaard (no. 10512, June 25, 1906) had failed and the report was subsequently published in a Belgian paper. Kuyper wanted to invalidate the story now that the international press had begun to give it attention. In writing to the editor of the Nieuwe Courant—a paper that had “never taken part in such dishonorable press actions”—he states his objections to the Dutch press’s mishandling of the affair. As a supplement to the letter, Kuyper had the original introducteur des diplomates printed, upon which the date and time of his visit were recorded precisely: Samedi à 4 heures de l’áprès midi.

The letter to the editor was also published in De Standaard, no. 10536, July 23, 1906.