The Daily Telegraph published translations of selections from articles that had originally appeared in De Standaard 40 (1911/1912), no. 12040, June 17, 1911 (“Twee-Kamerstelsel I”) [Double chamber system I] and no. 12042, June 20, 1911 (“Twee-Kamerstelsel II”) [Double chamber system II]. Translated rather loosely, the selections appeared in a column titled “Parliament Bill. As Others See Us. Foreign Statesmen on the Constitutional Crisis.” The translations reproduce Kuyper’s analysis of the conflict that arose in the UK between the House of Lords and the House of Commons when the House of Lords used its constitutional power to oppose the legislative work of the liberal cabinet and the House of Commons. Kuyper concluded by pointing to a way out of the conflict, namely, that “each house shall be representative of the whole nation, and not only of the portion of the whole.”

These two lead articles from De Standaard were elaborations on a previous editorial titled “Hooger Huis” [House of Lords] in De Standaard (no. 12005, May 5, 1911). For the volume numbers of De Standaard, see 1911.06.