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<br />OU;:'408 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />international rivers is not uithin the arbi- <br />trary power of one of the riparian States, for <br />it is a rule of International La~ that no State <br />is al10vred to alter.the natural conditions of <br />its OVIll territory to the disadvantage of the <br />natural conditions of the territory of a neigh- <br />bouring State. For this reason a State is not <br />only forbidden to stop or to divert the flow of <br />a river which runs from its Cl'Im to a neighbour- <br />ing state, but likewise to make suoh use of the water <br />of the river as either causes danger to the neigh- <br />bouring state or prevents it from making proper <br />use of the flew, of the river on its part." <br />I Oppenheim's International Law (5th ed., by <br />Lauterpacht, 1937) 370-371. <br /> <br />" <br />.. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Green H. Haokworth <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />t <br /> <br />I' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-14- <br />