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, '. .. ., "One of the critics af the treaty in Mexico, Lie. Esquivel Obregoil, president of the Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislatian, offered seven reservations. Reservation No. 5 read as fallaws: "The United States undertake that the waters delivered to Mexico from the Colarado River shall satisfy, as to chemical composition, the indispens- able requirements for agricultural use, so that the lands which receive them may use them (Excelsiar, August 9, 1945).' "Replying to this demand for a reservation, Ing. Orive Alba said: 'That was covered in the treaty when it spake af waters for irriqation. No. one wauld be able to. siqr. a treaty to. qive or receive waters af bad quality beca!-,se both parties wauld suffer damaqe therefrom (Excelsior, August 10, 1945).' "Lic. Ernesto Enriquez, the eminent internatianal lawyer, said, with respect to. this reservation an quality af water, that he wanted it noted that the treaty said plainly that they must !Je waters useful far agriculture (El Nacianal, August 11, 1945). "The reservation was never vated upon." The Ely report of the Mexican praceedings an the treaty wauld at first glunce seems to indicate a real conflict as to the canstruction each party placed an the qU3lity problem. Indeed, Mr. Ely seems to. intend to. convey such impressian for he quotes the Tipton explanatian an quality where he admitted that under the lE!lms of.J.bi'Ureqty J{)~:l5i.cQ.J!i.9lJld_hav_e_ta_take_the_water_ ~ irrespective af quality. Mr. E1y daes nat quote Mr. Tiptan's statement fram page 342 af the Hearings which reads: "Senator, yau are assuming that this water is nat usable. I am not assuming that it will not be usable, and neither were the Mexican negotiatars. I think yau are making an assumption which is not true. II Interestingly, Mr. Ely neglected also to. quote the very next paragraph of Mr. Alba's statement which indicates rather clearly that the Mexican B 52