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<br />02437 <br /> <br />292 <br /> <br />visions and in its social and economic significance. <br />It is more than a mere division of water between <br />two countries: it provides the administrative ma- <br />, chinery and the principles for international co- <br />operation in the development of these water re- <br />sources. As such, it may well be taken as a model <br />for future treaties governing international streams. <br />The treaty is comprehensive in its terms. How. <br />ever, it is in line with precedents already estab- <br />lished. Attention has already been drawn to the <br />treaty of 1906 providing for the equitable distribu- <br />tion of the waters of the Rio Grande in the EI Paso- <br />Juarez Valley, in which existing uses in Mexico as <br />of the date of the treaty were protected. There is <br />also the tre':ty of 1929 between Egypt and Great <br />Britain, the latter acting for the Sudan (93 League <br />of Nations Treaty Series 43, 86-88), governing the <br />use for irrigatio~ of the waters of the Nile. By <br />its t.erms, the taking of water in the Sudan was lim- <br />,ited in a manner to protect developments in Egypt. <br />The proposed treaty with Mexico not only assures <br />water for lands now under irrigation in both coun- <br />tries but also provides measures for the better utili- <br />zation of the available supply, both for t.he present <br />development.s and for the great.est possible number <br />of feasible future projects, Furthermore, it does <br />not overlook the,possibility of power development. <br />It'is fortunat.e for both the United States ,and <br />Mexico that they have ready at hand a competent <br />and ,experienced Boundary Commission to admin- <br />ister the treaty, 'Organized under the convention <br />of 1889, tIllS Commission has been especially active. <br />since 1927 in the administration of, ~oundary mat- <br />ters, which incl ude the elimination of bancos <br />under the convention of 1905, the marking of tho <br />boundary by means of monuments, and the con- <br />struction, by its two national sections, of flood- <br />control and sanitatinn projects. Probably the <br />greatest joint undertaking thus far has been the <br />rectification project in thc E\ Paso-J uarez Valley <br />under the treat.y of 1933, by which the entire chan- <br />nel of the river was rcc.t.iJied and cont..rolled from <br />EI Paso to Box Canyon, effectmg a short.ening of <br />the river from 155 miles t.o 85 miles in that reach. <br />Furthermore, the United States Section has ca. <br />nalized the Rio Grande for most of the 125 miles <br />from EI Paso to Elephant. Butte Dam, and in the <br />Lower Valley of Texas it has under construction <br />a vast flood-control program, It is t.his Commis- <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF STATE BULLETIN <br /> <br />sioll which now stands ready to execut.e the pro. <br />visions of the present treaty. <br /> <br />INTERRUPTION OF OPERATIONS IN AR. <br />GENTINA OF ALL AMERICA CABLES, INC. <br /> <br />[Rele.ued to the prel!l8 March 215] <br />The Department has received information from <br />Buenos Aires to the effect that t.he Argentine au- <br />thorit.ies have ordered All America Cables, Inc" <br />to suspend all operations during the 24-hour period <br />which expires March 25 at midnight. A line of <br />1,000 pesos has been imposed upon the company. <br />These penalties are the result of an alleged' viola- <br />tion of censorship regulations. <br />It is charged that on March 8 three cables from <br />Lima, Peru, were mistakenly forwarded by the <br />local office of All America Cables, Inc" in Buenos <br />Aires'to the censorship official in the office of the <br />United, Press, to which the messages were ad- <br />dressed, instead of having received the prior ap- <br />proval of the censorship official in the office of All <br />America Cables, Inc, <br />Thus an essential inter-American communica- <br />tions link serving a number of the American re- <br />publics, including the United States, has been <br />interrupted on the ground of an apparently trivial <br />violation of the Argentine censorship regulations: <br />This action would appear to indicate R complete <br />failure to appreciate the, importance to the citizens <br />of the r,epublics concerned; including Argentina, <br />as well as to their governments of the services per- <br />formed by these communication facilities. <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />The Department <br /> <br />1[, <br /> <br />DIVISION OF PROTOCOL <br /> <br />On March 21, 1944 the Secretary of State issued' <br />Departmental Order 1243, effective March 20, <br />1944, which reads as follows: <br /> <br />"The functions and responsibilities of the Pro- <br />tocol Division ,( page 37, Departmenta] Order 1218 <br />of January 15, 1944)' shaIl henceforth be exercised <br />under the direction of the Special Assistant to the <br />Secretary and Chief of Protocol, Mr. George T, <br />Summerlin. <br /> <br />. BULl.EllN 0' Jan. 15, 1944, p, 45, <br />