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. I!., e . . OO~j99 light of experienoe. The limits of irrigation referred to are not, by the terms of the agreement, to preo1ude extension of irrigation within oertain further limits, provided that the volume of water used is not inoreased. It is agreed that eaoh Government is at liberty to oonstruot reservoirs and other works, within oertain limits, provided that the impounding of water therein does not diminish the supplies to whioh eaoh Government is entitled under the agreement, . nor affeot the diversion of the surplus water whioh it is expeoted will be avail- able for diversion upon the termination of the agreement. Disputes arising under the agreement are to be submitted to arbitration or to the Government of India. H. A. Smith, The Economio Uses of International Rivers (1931) 199. . By article I of the convention between Hungary and Roumania regarding the hydraulio system of the ooterminous territories, eto., signed at Buoharest, on April 14, 1924, it vms providedl "The High Contraoting Parties undertake, in conformity with the provisions of Artio1e 292 of the Treaty of Trianon, to refrain from taking any unilateral action which might have an adverse effect on the hydraulio systems of the adjoining distriots, or undertaking any works likely to. modi~ existing conditions in a manner unfavourab1e to the other Contraoting Party." 46 League of Rations, Treaty Series, p. 43. By artio1e II of the oonvention signed by the United States and Canada, on February 24, 1925, concerning the regulation of the levels of the Lake of the Hoods, it is providedl "The level of Lake of the Woods shall be regulated to the extent and in the manner prc- vided for in the present Convention, with the objeot of seouring to the inhabitants of the United States and Canada the most advantageous use of the vmters thereof and of the ,.aters flowing into and from the Lake on each side of the boundary between the two countries for domestic and sanitary purposes, for navigation purposes, for fishing purposes, and for power, . irrigation and reclamation purposes." 4 Treaties, etc. (Trenwith, 1938) 3993, 3994. The treaty between France and Germany regarding the delimitation of the frontier~ signed on August 14. 1925, provided in artiole 131 " "Ro modification may be made either in the oourse or in the olassifioation of the roads, canals and non-navigable wateroourses forming the frontier, and no oonstruotion of or material alternative in weirs, installations or buildings liable to modify the flow of ,vater may be under- taken without previous agreement between the High Contraoting Parties." -5-