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LEFT KANSAS WESLEYAN "UNIV. 317 KARAGEOEGEVITCH excluded slavery from the Louisiana pur- chase N. of lat. 36° 30' N., except from the State of Missouri, was declared re- pealed. This measure disrupted the Whig party, most of the S. Whigs join- ing the Democrats, and led to the or- ganization of the Republican party in 1856. It was also instrumental in bring- ing about the Civil War. KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVER- SITY, a co-educational institution in Salina, Kan.; founded in 1885 under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 17; students, 325; president, L. B. Bowers, Ph. D. KANSOO, or KANSTJ (kan-s6'), an inland province in the N. of China; area, 86,608 square miles; pop. about 6,000,- 000. It is mountainous, some of the peaks rising more than 10,000 feet above sea-level, and is watered by the Yellow river, but has few fertile tracts. The climate is cold, but wheat, barley, and millet grow, and large flocks and herds are maintained. Capital, Lan-choo-foo. KANT, IMMANUEL (kant), a Ger- man philosopher; born in Konigsberg, Prussia, April 22, 1724. His three great works were : "Critique of Pure Rea- son" (1781) ; "Critique of the Practical Reason" (1788), which bases the ideas IMMANUEL KANT of God, freedom, and immortality on the ethical consciousness alone, denying that we have any right to hold them other- wise; "Critique of the Power of Judg- ment" (1790). He wrote also on cosmic physics, aesthetics, pedagogy, ethics, the metaphysical basis of law, etc. He was Vol. r- Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Konigsberg. He died in Konigsberg. Feb. 12, 1804. KANTARA, a village on the east bank of the Suez Canal, 40 miles south of Port Said. In 1917 it was used as a base of supply by the British forces in Egypt, engineering shops being estab- lished and quays built. It was also made the terminus of a military railway across the Sinai peninsula and figured in the Syrian campaign during the World War. KANURI (ka-no're), or KANORI, a Sudanese people, who form the principal portion of the population of Bornu. KAOLIN, or KAOLINITE, a mineral element found in granite, and generally arising from the decomposition of the felspar. It is essentially a hydrated sili- cate of alumina. After being levigated, it is extensively used in the manufac- ture of porcelain, and is hence called China clay. The name kaolinite was ap- plied by Johnson and Blake to a soft powder made up of minute, transparent, pearly scales, which is always present in greater or lesser quantity in all kaolin. KARACHI (-ra'che), a district of Sind, India, bounded on the W. by Balu- chistan, on the S. by the Arabian sea, on the E. by the Indus; area 14,115 square miles; pop. about 600,000. Also a sea- port and the chief city of Sind, on Kar- achi Bay; annexed by the British in 1843; foreign trade amounted in 1898- 1899 to 12,896,636 tens of rupees; pop. about 175,000. KARADSCHA. See Phoc^a. KARAFUTO. the part of the island of Sakhalin, off the east coast of Siberia, belonging to Japan. The island covers an area of 27,823 square miles, the part N. of the 50th parallel of latitude be- longing to Russia, and the part S. to Japan. Karafuto's area is 13,048 square miles, almost half of the island. Pop. 1917, about 68,000. KARAGEORGEVITCH FAMILY, formerly reigning dynasty of Serbia, and now of Jugoslavia, of which King Peter is the present head. The family originated with Karageorge (Black George) Petrovitch, born in 1770, who led the Serbians in revolt against the Turks in 1801. The final result of his operations was a victory in 1806, after which he was recognized as Prince of Serbia by the Porte. In 1812 he was compelled to flee to Russia, by the suc- cess of the Turkish armies in again at- tacking the Serbians. During his ab- sence the Serbians again revolted suc- -Cyc — U