European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 5, 1994 world the stars and stripes Paga 11 ,.l Quot. A. T4--- v a. In s. African vote Johannesburg South Africa a auditors on wednesday began checking results from last weeks historic election signalling an end to the Snail paced vote counting that has delayed Nelson Mandela a ascension to Power. All counting has been completed except in Durban the largest Center in a Waquiu Natal province and final results from each Center would be announced As they became available said Piet Colyn of the Independent electoral commission. A a dispute Over alleged vote fraud in Durban was resolved wednesday when the african National Congress withdrew its objection to about 180 voting boxes from strongholds of its rival the Zulu nationalist inkatha Freedom party. R election officials had stopped answering phones or issuing partial results in an attempt to Speed up the tally that has taken four Days a As Long As the voting last week in South africans first  race election. Because of the delay the new parliament has put off its first meeting until monday. Its first task will be to elect Mandela Leader of the Anc As South africans first Black president. Mandela is to be inaugurated tuesday in Pretoria. Officials say that Date cannot be. Changed because Many foreign dignitaries Are coming. The guests could include israeli president Ezer Weizman Palestine liberation organization Leader Yasser Arafat . First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Britain a Prince Philip. As of wednesday morning with almost half the results still outstanding Mandela Sanc had 62.5 percent of the vote enough to ensure the former political prisoner will be chosen president when parliament  National party led by South Afri cars departing president . De Klerk had 22.1 percent. Mangos thu Ruthele zips Zulu based inkatha held 8.3 percent and the conservative Freedom front which demands a separate White Homeland had 2.7 percent. Other Small parties with enough votes for a  parliament seats were the White Liberal democratic party the Black nationalist pan africanist Congress and the new african Christian democratic party. A a a a a All sides had noted some election irregularities a including intimidation disappearing ballots and underage voting a but those were not expected to change the  election officials said they had received 3,586 complaints mostly from individuals alleging intimidation. Nearly 80 percent of the cases had been dealt with and 177 cases were referred to police for further investigation. The Durban dispute involved an estimated 150,000 votes that the Anc claimed were suspect because of vote fraud in inkatha dominated areas. It withdrew its complaint against All but 11 of the 180 boxes after negotiations with inkatha and election officials. Inkatha spokesman Ziba Miyane said Resolution of the dispute meant his party was Quot willing to accept the result As substantially free and fair a under the Constitution monday is the deadline for the electoral commission to confirm that the election was a free and fair.�?�. A in the counting for the nine provincial Legislatures the Anc was winning handily in seven. The National party had a solid Lead in the Western Cape and in Katha was Well ahead a Kwa Zulu Natal. The Legislatures Are to meet saturday to choose the Senate. View sex army chief of Japan As War aggressor Tokyo apr Japan Stop Justice official said in an interview published wednesday that Japan was not an aggressor in world War la and that the a rape of Nan King by japanese soldiers in China was a hoax. Justice minister Shigeto Nagano a comments contrast sharply with the views of Japan a previous administration which left office last week. Former prime  Morihiro Hosokawa called world War ii a a War of aggression and said it was wrong. But that View was challenged by Nagano who served in the Imperial army during the War and retired As chief of staff of Japan a army in 1980. A it is wrong to say the War was a War of aggression a he said in an interview with the National newspaper Manichi. A the purpose was not one of aggression. We thought seriously about the liberation of colonies to liberate a greater East Asia co Prosperity sphere.�?�. Japan claimed during the War that its purpose was to free asian nations from european colonialism. The difference reflects a continuing Lack of consensus in Japan about the causes and results of the War that ended nearly 49 years ago. The debate is important now because it is linked to growing discussions about changing Japan a War renouncing postwar Constitution to allow the country to possess a stronger More Active military. Many japanese who criticize the nations role during the War oppose changes to the Constitution. Past japanese governments have included both Hawks and doves and never seriously took up constitutional revision. But the new government of prime minister Tsutomu Hata installed last week is heavily weighted toward the Hawks. Hata and several other top officials were out of the country wednesday and not available to comment on Nagano a remarks. The number of chinese killed in the a rape of Nan King remains a matter of speculation. China says More than 300,000 were killed when japanese troops entered banking in 1937. Some prominent japanese claim the chinese death toll is propaganda but at least one former japanese officer says the figure is at least 150,000. A i think the banking massacres and other reports of wrongdoing Are hoaxes a Nagano told the Manichi. Nagano 71, graduated from the former elite japanese military Academy. 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