In this letter to A.W.F. Idenburg, Kuyper complains that he is being kept out of political affairs. Perceiving that he has come to the end of his political career, he writes with appreciation that Idenburg is now the only one who keeps him informed and remains willing to exchange ideas with him. In the aftermath of the failed elections of July 1918, Kuyper expresses his concern about the position and the outlook of the Anti-Revolutionary Party. He looks toward a future in which “we gamble away our position and must start again from the very beginning.” Kuyper writes that he is encouraged that Idenburg will be his political successor, but he cautions that if Idenburg joins the new cabinet as minister of colonial affairs then he will not be able to succeed him because that position has little political influence in Dutch society.

A.W.F. Idenburg, former governor of Surinam (1905–1908) and governor general of the Dutch Indies (1909–1916), became minister of colonial affairs (for the third time) in 1918.