What is the main topic of the first paragraph?

A) The narrator establishes the setting and introduces the main conflict.
B) The narrator traces the history of the bee from Europe to the New World.
C) The author shows how the Indians have come to place the bee in high esteem.
D) The author discusses the spread of bees across the country and their reception.

The answer is D.

D) The author discusses the spread of bees across the country and their reception.

the question concerns exactly this part of the speech:

i am not now thinking of the loss of property involved, immense and serious as that is, but only of the wanton and wholesale destruction of the lives of non-combatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. property can be paid for; the lives of the peaceful and innocent people cannot be.

president wilson talks about the lives of people destroyed by german army. but these people are not americans, they are the local people living in europe. the president mentions the barbarity of germans, considering that he is not targeting the nation, instead it is said about german army. the correct answer is the last one.

no