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Show as might be feasible under present conditions and those of the near future, without at the same time compromising in any way the possibilities of the more distant future. "22. The arrangement contemplated aims at inter- preting in definite and technical terms the intentions of the note quoted in the opening paragraph of this Report, wherein it .was explained that in authorizing extensions of irrigation in the Sudan 'the British Government, however, solicitous for the prosperity of the Sudan, have no intention of trespassing upon the natural and historic rights of Egypt in the .waters of the Nile, v/hich they recognize t.o^day no less than in the past** (By the exchange of notes of January 26, 1925, under which the Commission was appointed, full consideration was to be given to the interests of Egypt and "without detriment to her natural and historic rights".) The Commission has every hope that its proposals, framed in this spirit, and after full study of the technical aspects of the problem, may form an acceptable basis upon which, by harmonious and co- operative effort, the .irrigation, development of the future may be founded, and by which all existing rights may be perpetually safeguarded* "88. The Commission's main findings may be sum- marised as follows: - "(i) The natural flow of the river should be- reserved for the benefit of Egypt from the 19th January to the 15th July (at Sennar), subject to the pumping in the Sudan as defined below," British Treaty Series No. 17 (1929), Cmd. 33I4.8, pp. 2-3, 10-11, 29, 50. In 1933 "the Seventh International Conference of American States adopted a resolution with respect to the "Industrial and Agricultural use of Inter* national Rivers", paragraph 2 of which readsj "The states have the exclusive right to exploit, for industrial or agricultural purposes, the margin which is under their jurisdiction, of the waters of international rivers. This right, however, is con- ditioned in its exercise upon the necessity of not in- juring the equal right due to the neighboring state on the margin under its jurisdiction." 28 A.J.I.L* (193U) Official Documents, p. 59. In discussing the Zwillikon Dam case which arose in Switzerland, H. Arthur -38- |