American Imperialists Who Advocated Acquisition of the Philippines Used All

American imperialists who advocated acquisition of the Philippines used all of the follow arguments except

A) American missionaries could convert and Christianize the Filipinos.
B) the islands' economic potential for expanding American trading profits.
C) the islands would provide a strategic base for further American expansion into China.
D) it was wealthy America's responsibility to "take up the White Man's burden" and uplift the underprivileged Filipinos.
E) Germany might acquire them if the United States did not.