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<br />For il. full db'WlISsiull of intel"lli11iollill rights upon tl1e Colu" <br />rado Rjver, see Appenllix, pngt-'s :-nS-;{.j:~, Jllll"t ~, HC:lring!-; Be- <br />fore COllllllittee /)Il Inig:ltlon (-,f Al'i,l Lauds, Hfm:O:t' (If Herre- <br />sentatires, Sixty"sixth COllgl'es~~ fir~t se::;sinn. <br /> <br />",,'Ilile hy all rules flf interI1ntioufll law the upllf'I' untion is <br />entitlcu to make full use of the waters of an intcrnational ~trenm <br />rising wholly witl1in tbe borderH of the IIpper llation~ lle\'el'the- <br />less such matters are usualh" sett1crl hv treat\" in the same man- <br />lieI' as the settlernent betw(,'~ll the United 8t~tes and :~\Iexil'n re- <br />!'ipe<.:tillg tlw use and hcnefit of the ,,,atel's of the Rio Grande <br />(allure dted), wuerein it is 11I'o\"idl'u for an "equitable :.IpJlOI" <br />tiolllllenf' of tile wateri'; of the :-:;tl'l'i1III hetween the two Go\"el'n- <br />menU:l, <br /> <br />The rule of equitahle appol'tiollment apvlie" to the settle- <br />Illen hy the 8Ijl'J'~mw Court of contro\-cl'sies hetwern States ovet' <br />1.i\'er8 COlIlIllon to two 01' more States of the Uuion. (Kansas v, <br />Colorado, ::;'OG U. f-3., 4(;, 117.) <br /> <br />Tllis equitable :.\pportionnwnt of the watel'~ of nn interstate <br />ri vcr lIIay lie made by oTle uf t\\"o mdhods: <br /> <br />(1) By jntcl'~t;lte ';COlllllild 01' agreement" I)etween tIle <br />Hta te~, hy tOllSt'n t of COllgl'es~; and <br /> <br />(:~!) By suit between the States before tile United States Su- <br />preme Court. <br /> <br />The lattt~l' llletbou is tllc 811IH:\tit.llte, uOller our fOl'llI of gov- <br />ernment. for war between the 8lates. In other words. were it <br />not fOl' the provisions of 0\11' Constit.ution the States Iliight set. <br />tle their diffm'ences over interstate rivers ur resllrt to arllls. But <br />h,\" the terms of the Constitution the right to resort to settIt'llIellt <br />II\' foree 'wns ~nl'l"endel'ed, and in liell thereof was substituted <br />tile right to sul;mit inter'state controversies to the Supreme COUl't <br />in original pl'oceedinbrs between tlle Stales. (Kansa!oJ v. Colo- <br />,'ne]o, ~nil U, S.. 46: Rhorle J~la'l<1 v, ~[ns~al'hu~ett~, 1~ Pet., 657,) <br /> <br />A suit between the States j8 but a suhtjtute for wal'. It is <br />the I:lst resort. amI shonl,1 not he l'e:-;OI'ted to until all avellne~ <br />of t'cttlernent hy C\-'ll1paf't lUl\'C been exhausted, It lias heen sug- <br />gested tlJ;)t the HlI{Jl'clIle COUl't SllOUld :111110UnCe the principle <br />thnt 11(1 suit between ~tates would be entertaine(l without a <br />preliminar.\" showing: that reasonahle efl\wti-\ had been made lIy <br />the complainjn~ ~tate to compose the differences between it and <br />the defelH1unt 8tnte by TlIutual ngreement m' intel'state (~oI11pad, <br />It wuuld appeal' t.hat the l'uIe of settle-ment by treaty of inter- <br />JHl.tional di!-;I'ute:-; o\"er rivers commou tu two nation5 shouln. <br />likewi:o:e apply to ~ettlelllent8 of cOlltl'O\"e['~i('s present or pos. <br />t-:ihle. IIetween States of the Union, <br /> <br />The ohject of the lnescnt legislation i:o: tn folIo\\" the iJlleI'. <br />n:ltinnal principle of settlement. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />'( <br /> <br />[ ~;:] <br /> <br />"____~___;,i;....,..:....._ __________ _ <br /> <br />--,--~ <br /> <br />"-~"~-""'~ <br /> <br />J <br />