What does it all add up to? Is San Francisco building the next generation's freedom from war? Or is the conference merely a jealous game of power, a dusty finish for the hopes and sacrifices of millions? Of a thousand answers, one of the best balanced and shrewdest is that of Netherlands Foreign Minister Eelco vanKleffens. After talking to him, TIME Correspondent Max Ways wrote:
Van Kleffens' clear, calm blue eyes are easy to settle where great powers look at this conference with a passionate hope for its success and a practical Dutchman's knowledge that faith did not save Rotterdam.
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