<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject . You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate . (December 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject . You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or create a new article, as appropriate . (December 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Freedom of the seas (Latin: mare liberum, lit . "free sea") is a principle in the international law and sea . It stresses freedom to navigate the oceans . It also disapproves of war fought in water . The freedom is to be breached only in a necessary international agreement . </P> <P> 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: </P>

How did germany violate the freedom of the seas