14 OCTOBER 1865, Page 2

The Emperor Maximilian has issued a decree stating the terms

by which immigrants will be encouraged to settle within the empire. Every immigrant will be entitled to a free grant of land with an immutable title, will enjoy religious liberty, and will be exempt from military service for five years. Those are very satis- factory terms, and the only difficulty is to understand why, when the United States grant precisely the same, land included, any sane person not a Spaniard should go to Mexico. Is the absence of railways to be the temptation, or the presence of brigandage, or the use of a foreign language, or the total absence of any share in the control of the Government?