II. Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the
seas may be closed in whole or in part by international
action for the enforcement of international covenants.
-President Woodrow Wilson, 1918
What is the most likely reason President Wilson made the proposal above?
A. Because of the unrestricted submarine warfare American ships
had endured

B. Because of the United States' sense of naval inferiority after World
War!

C. Because of the growing naval might of the United States, which
had earned a great deal of criticism

D. Because of Germany's military inspections of American ships