Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1909 — JAPS WANT SUBMARINES [ARTICLE]

JAPS WANT SUBMARINES

Negotiating With American Builder For Plans and Specifications. New York, April 13.'—The Japanese government is negotiating with an American builder of submarine boats for the purchase of plans and specifications for a new type of submarine of smaller model than the type now in common use but of double speed. The purpose of the Japanese govern ment, if the negotiations are successfully concluded, is to send draughtsmen to New York to make drawings under the direction of the American builder, but to build all the new boats of the new type in Japan.