The Dutch want to rely rather on own “direct discussions” between The Netherlands and her rebellious colonials than the quarrel in Java be settled by the United Nations Organization.

At San Francisco last spring, Netherlands Foreign Minister Eelco van Kleffens chided the big powers for preferring “to rely on their own strength rather than upon world government.” In Java last week the little power acted precisely like a big power.

Acting Governor’ General Hubertus J. van Mook brushed aside…

At the Dumbarton Oaks conference where the U.N. was formulated and negotiated, Dutch foreign Minister Van Kleffens moves about the conference with conciliatory stubbornness.

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…