The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-02-04
THE CHILEAN QUESTION.
MATTA'S INSULTING NOTE ABOUT
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Chill and that Country's EepIY-~The
to be AmicabIy Settled.
NEW YORK, Jan. %. The World
this morning prints the full text of Mn
lister Matta's statement OF the Baltimore
affair to Pedro Montt, the Chilean min
ister at Washington. This statement is
generally referred to as "Matta's insult
ing note" II bears date Of December
IL, and is as follows:
''Being acquainted with the report Of
the Navy Department and the message
of the President OF the United States, l
deem it proper TO tell you that the intor-
nation upon which the said report and
message are founded is erroneous and
deliberately untrue. Concerning the
refugees, they have never been threat
encd or treated with cruelty, nor has
there been any intention to take them
out of the legation or to ask that they
be delivered. Never has the house or
the person of the plcnipotentiary, not.
wlthstanding the calculated indscrCtions
and provocations, received any outrage,
70 10 pIONcu Dy GllC ClcFC1 lcIlcrS Oh
September, October and November.
'.Concernlng the sailors of the Balti-
more, there is also no accuracy or
traiShttorwardness in what is said In
Washington. The affair occurred III dis
reputable quarters Of the city, Main
Top OF Valparaiso, among persons who
are not models OF discretion and tenn
perance. When the police and other
forces interviewed and calmcG the dis
turbancc, there were some hundreds Of
people present, and the riot was in
progress ten blocks or more from the
place where II commenced.
''Mr. Eyan sent Il letter on October
&c aggressive in design and violent in
language, as is seen by the copy and by
tho reply sent on October q. The in
vestigation was commenced on the 18th
of October, but 1t has bccu DELAYED op
account or The nOn-appcarance before
the court of the sailors of the baltimore
and on account Of .hc undue Dctinsions
and reiusals Of Mr. EGar.
"Ncvcr Oh the part of t!lis department
has there been tolerated or initiated any
proyOcatOn. 1t has maintaiupd itself
always In position which, il it. has Lccn
one OF lirmneSs and prudence, never has
Decn one OF aoGrc SSlOn, nor Will il be one
OIL humility, no matter what nlay have
been dlvulgcd in Washington by those
persons who may have been Interested
III giving decent appearance to his cCA-
duct, or who may have been deceived u,
erroneous impressions. The tCitgruns.
notes a;G letters sent ~ You contain the
truth, the whsle truth. and evcrythiuI
concerning these ailalrs, and tLc lli-wiil.
the language and the prrtcnSions con-
nected with them did not originate in
this department.
"Mr. Tracy and Mr.. Harrison had bccn
led into error Respecting ourselves, car
people and our Gnvcrnmcnt. The ir-
structiOns Ell Ginning imparliality and
friendship have not been observed either
IN the present or the past. If Cilicial
charges have not been made against the
ministers and the naval ollccss, 1t is be-
cause the facts, public and notorious as
they are in Chile and he United States,
are that our confidential agents have
been unable to call attention to them.
though the subject @t the charges has
been well founded. The request of Bal
raccda, the concessions made to him in
June and July, everything concerning
the ltata, the San Francisco aud the
cable company, arc proof Of this.
ut Is deliberately untrue that .hc
American sailors were attacked IN dit
terent localities at the same time. The
investigation not being finished, it is
not known yet who are the guilty per-
sons or what is their number. You Will
consider The letter Of November ., re-
plying to Minister Eyan, in which The in