Talk:Freedom of the seas

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information on why it was opposed would be nice... WHAT IS GOING ON??? DID THIS HOLD UP??? Why is this so useless? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.35.205.19 (talk) 17:16, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The principle was not invented by Wilson; the article should put it in a proper historical perspective. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 18:02, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it was 108.35.205.19 (talk) 17:20, 6 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"This principle was one of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points proposed during the First World War. In his speech to the Congress, the president said:

   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.

The United States' allies Britain and France were opposed to this point, as France was also a considerable naval power at the time. As with Wilson's other points, freedom of the seas was rejected by the German government."

How was Britain opposed to this principle ? Pamour (talk) 13:25, 14 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]