Kian
In Irish legend, Father of Lugh . His magical cow with her wonderful supply of milk having been stolen by Balor , he revenged himself by making Balor's daughter, Ethlinn , the mother of three sons. Of these two were drowned by Balor, and the third Lugh, escaping by falling into a bay, was wafted back to his father, Kian. Some years later, while fighting in Ulster, Kian fell in with the three sons of Turenn whose house was at enmity with him. To escape their notice, he turned himself into a pig, but they recognised him and he was wounded by one of them. He begged to be restored to his human shape before dying. This being granted, he rejoiced in having outwitted his enemies, as they would now have to pay the blood-fine for a man instead of a pig. The brothers, determined that there should be no blood-stained weapon to publish the deed, stoned Kian and buried his body.
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Kiau-Chau
a town in China, in the province of Shantung, occupied by Germany in 1897, and formally ceded to her on a 99 years' lease by China in 1898. The territory conceded with the town stretches about 160 miles along the coast, and extends inland to an average distance of 20 miles. Pop. (1915) 9,264. In August, 1914, the Japanese Government called on Germany to formally deliver to them this fortified port by Sept. 15, 1914. On Aug. 23, Japan declared war against Germany. Japanese troops, assisted by a British contingent, attacked the fort on Nov. 7, 1914. The garrison, after a brave resistance, surrendered May 15, 1915. Japan, during the peace negotiations of 1919, solemnly promised to return the territory to China if allowed to control certain privileges and concessions previously held by Germany.
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Kidd
BENJAMIN, an English sociologist; born in 1858. He entered the inland-revenue service of Great Britain in 1877. He wrote "Social Evolution" (1894); "The Control of the Tropics" (1898); "Individualism and After" (1908); "The Two Principal Laws of Sociology" (1909). Died in 1916.
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Kiderlen-Waechter
ALFRED Christianity VON, a German diplomat. Born in 1852, by St. mat. BorD he entered the foreign service in 1879, Kieff has service and from then until 1888 was succes- 1888 wa tical and sively secretary of the German embassies German e The town in St. Petersburg, Paris, and Constantistroyed ris, and C nople. Served in the foreign office until remained foreign of 1894, when he became minister to Den- From e minist mark and later to Rumania. In 1911 sion of Rumanis he became Imperial Foreign Secretary, to 1654, a position he held until his death. Dur- Russia. il bis doct deat ing his term the Moroccan crisis bethe town tween Germany and England and France which is occurred, and it reqcired all of his talent pilgrims red all of H to prevent it from causing a European astery Busing a war. He also managed to secure for tombs of ged to se Germany important concessions in the Church. concessions Congo region, in return for a recognition erected en for a re of French rights in Morocco. He died Morocco. Yaroslaff in 1912. negs,
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Kidnapping
the act of forcibly abdukes of act of for ornamented ducting or stealing human beings; man uman bei interior stealing, child stealing. labyrinth
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Kidney
the secreting organs of the Assumption ting orga urine, two in number, situated in the saints T, situate lumbar region on each side of the spine, has a which they approach on their upper exbells. on their tremities. The kidney is from four to from Vilna Yis from five inches long, about two and a half important ut two an broad, somewhat more than one in thickfacture ness, and from three to five ounces in trade is to five o weight. Covered by a layer of fat, they most layer of rest on the diaphragm, the right, on acthe last , the righ count of the liver, being somewhat lower of Kieff ng somewh than the left. The anterior surfaces are in 1706. terior suri convex, the posterior flat. terrible fiat. It is the
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Kief
Kieff, or Kiev, ke-ef', a city of southern Russia. It is situated on the Dnieper, almost due south of St. Petersburg, two-thirds of the distance to Odessa. It is called the "Mother City of Russia." Kief is older than Moscow. It was in the waters of the Dnieper, at Kief, that St. Vladimir, the first Russian saint, baptized his converts. Kief was the seat of the first Christian church, the first Christian school, and the first library in Russia. For 376 years it was a free commercial city; for eighty years it was in the hands of the Tartars; for forty-nine years it belonged to the Lithuanians; the Poles held it for ninety-eight years. In 1667 at the partition of Poland, it was reincorporated in the Russian empire. A church of St. Sophia is built on the plan of St. Sophia at Constantinople, but of one-fourth the size. A monastery near by guards caves or catacombs in which over a hundred saints lie entombed. It is a place of great sanctity, and is visited annually by a third of a million Russian pilgrims, adherents of the Greek Church . "On the night of August 15, 1872, 7,200 pilgrims were counted lying under the open sky." The commercial prosperity of the city has been promoted by the holding of great fairs. The present population is 247,432. Kief is in size the seventh city in Russia. There is a university with 2,500 students--one of the hotbeds of revolutionary ideas.
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Kiel
kel, a city of northwestern Prussia. It is situated in the province of Holstein on a deep bay of the Baltic. The bay has the appearance of a lake with finely wooded shores. Kiel was a city of administrative importance in the duchy of Schleswig-Holstein, and was annexed with those states to Prussia in 1864. The University of Kiel was founded in 1665. There are about 1,000 students in attendance. The institution possesses a large library, a zoological garden, and various museums of antiquities. Kiel has an excellent harbor, and is advantageously situated for trade between land and sea. It is near the Baltic end of the recently constructed Kaiser Wilhelm ship canal. It is now a naval fortress, and is practically headquarters for the German fleet. There are important manufactories and shipbuilding yards. It has a population of about 125,000. The city is growing rapidly. See Germany
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