On June 16, 1915, Kuyper spoke about the proposed statutory regulation of legal oaths. Kuyper regarded the regulation as “unbaked bread” and a “triumph of anticlericalism” (pp. 374–378). In the session of June 17, Kuyper stated that the war required national unity and that therefore it was not advisable to debate their difference of opinion on such fundamental questions as legal oath-taking (pp. 394–395); he thus considered himself obliged not to take part in the debate. The bill was eventually defeated. On June 18, during the debate about increasing the national budget to combat foot-and-mouth disease and to accommodate a redundancy payment scheme, Kuyper expressed his regret over the lack of a comparative study showing how other countries dealt with similar livestock crises. Kuyper asked the government to show understanding and sympathy for the farmers involved (pp. 411–413). He also voiced his support for the government’s effort—conducted in part through contacts in the Vatican—to speed up the peace process (pp. 413–414).