Tokyo, Oct. 9.
With Germany and Britain "doomed to keep back their excellent whaling ships," the European conflict gives Japan "a golden opportunity to lead all other countries in whaling in the Antarctic," "the "Miyako Shimbun," a popular daily, said today. The newspaper listed Germany and Britain as Japan's two strong rivals.
The Daiichi Tonan Maru, the paper said, would lead the parade. of Japanese whaling vessels to the Antarctic sailing from Japan on October 21. The whaling season, it added, would begin on December to last for about three months as usual.
By October 29, the "Miyako Shimbun" continued, the Japanese whaling squadron comprising six whaling depot ships and more than 50 chaser boats with approximately 200 fishermen would have left Osaka for the
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