At the beginning of 1910, Kuyper sent written notice to the Second Chamber that he was temporarily discontinuing his work in Parliament. Kuyper did not speak again in Parliament until November 22, 1910, when he gave an address about the political landscape and spoke positively about the strength of the coalition and the cabinet (pp. 455–457). On November 24 he followed with a long political speech about the principles of the Anti-Revolutionary Party, concluding with a number of remarks about the government’s defense expenditure and the state’s financial position (pp. 485–491). On November 30 Kuyper discussed responses to his previous two speeches (pp. 645–648). On December 2 he gave an account of why he had kept silent in the face of accusations in the press, indicating that his position as a former minister prevented him from responding to the content of such slander (cf. 1910.09). He then discussed criticisms of Dutch colonial policy in the foreign press and gave his opinion as to how the government could counter them. Finally, Kuyper pointed to the importance of Dutch international schools in foreign countries for the children of expatriate Dutch parents. He linked this discussion to a debate on the issue of providing government subsidies for Christian education in international schools (pp. 731–733). On December 19 Kuyper called the government to account for disruptions and confusion caused by the lack of unified oversight and administration of higher education (pp. 1197–1199). There was as yet no department of education.