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in advance to the International Joint Commission. The Canadian 

 Government, which is advised that this dredging has already had 

 the serious effect of lowering by at least five inches the water at the 

 head of the Cornwall canal, reserves for further attention any rights 

 in respect thereof under existing Treaties. 



A similar reservation is made in respect of the proposed ice-boom 

 — the construction of which is apparently contemplated without any 

 consultation with the Canadian Government or reference to the 

 International Joint Commission. 



Ottawa, August 31, 1918, 



