Show JAPAN IS BUILDING HER OWN VESSELS New York Aug 9 Lawrence Speet Speer vIce president of tho time Electric Boat Doat company who Is 18 considered the tho leading authority on submarines in America has returned to New York after Iller a a. tout tour of ot observation abroad and mind will immediately begin the construction construe construe- tion of ot seven submarines for tho the United States government I r have had an tin opportunity to learn about the extent of or building of ot lighting craft In in forel foreign n countries ho said Id and It ma may ho be put iut down as a certainty that Japan is 1 not buying battleships or cruisers from Brazil or Chile but Is 18 making tremendous strides ls l's in lit tho the building of oC torpedo boat destroyers de destro and submarines In her own yards ard No ono one knows 9 what hat Japan has or 01 wh what t It Intends to build England an and aini Germany have been called upon by hy Japan to to for tOt tho time construction con con- of or ship building Vl plants ls i |