btedly had Dr. Kuyper been convinced that
it was impossible for me to refute his arguments he would have requested
M. Brunetiere to give me the authorisation to reproduce his article.

V.

On April 26th a telegram from the Havas Agency announced that the Queen
of Holland had received the journalists of Amsterdam, of whom Dr. Kuyper
is President.

I therefore wrote the following letter to Mr. W.H. de Beaufort, the
Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs:

PARIS,
_April 27th, 1900._

TO H.E. THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

SIR,

The Havas Agency, in a telegram, April 26, gives the following
information:

"Replying to a speech made by Dr. Kuyper, President of the
Society of Journalists, the Queen said she had read with
interest his article on the South African crisis, published in
a Paris review. The Queen expressed the hope that the article
would be circulated abroad, adding that she considered it
important that it should be widely distributed in America."

That the Queen of a constitutional government, such as that of
Holland, should have spoken in this way, proves that the Cabinet is
of the same mind. I trust, therefore, that I am not too bold in
asking your assistance to carry out Her Majesty's intentions.

I had asked Dr. Kuyper's authorisation to reproduce his article at
the beginning of a pamphlet; he referred me to M. Brunetiere, who
with the courtesy of which he has given me so many proofs, replied:
"I hasten to refuse your request."

M. Brunetiere's views are evidently opposed to those of the Queen
of the Netherlands.

It is true that the article would have been followed by my
criticism, but if the arguments therein contained are irrefutable,
why fear the proximity of my refutation? I beg you, therefore, to
be kind enough to ask M. Brunetiere to give me permission to second
the views of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands by assisting
to circulate Dr. Kuyper's article.

YVES GUYOT.

I have published my pamphlet while awaiting M. Brunetiere's reply to the
Dutch Government which can hardly do otherwise than make the request,
agreeing, as it does, with the views of Her Majesty. Should M.
Brunetiere by any chance cease to fear the proximity to Dr. Kuyper's
assertions of the facts and documents published by me, I will is