KHOTIN, ko'tycn, or CHOTIN, a dis trict and capital city of the same name in the government of Bessarabia, Russia. The city is situated on the Dniester close to the frontier. It is noted historically as the scene of the severe defeat which John Sobieski administered to the Turks in 1673. For the most part the district is given over to agriculture, and the town is, in consequence, little more than a centre of local trade, which has increased in importance but little for years. Pop. about 25,000.
Charles (Karoly), Courrr, Hungarian statesman : b. Freiwaldau, Upper Silesia, 1849; d. 1914. Soon after graduation he began to take a great in terest in public life and, at the age of 25, he became a member of the Hungarian House of Deputies, representing the Liberal party; and seven years later he fell heir to the title of Count of Raab. Shortly afterward he became governor of Croatia (1883-1903). In his score of years in this important office, in which he seems to have had the unqualified support of the Austrian government, he displayed a con stant inability to understand the people and a facility for antagonizing them that amounted almost to genius. Finally in 1903, he was ap
pointed by the emperor Premier of Hungary. But his national unpopularity and his native want of tact and constructive ability made it impossible for him to maintain the confidence of the people, and his short-lived government (26 June-3 November) was forced to resign with out accomplishing anything. The following two years Khuen held office in the Tiza Cabinet. Through the favor in which he stood with the emperor, he again became Minister-President of Hungary, a position that gave h;m great power, which he once more misused. He again failed to agree with the House, which he antagonized by his autocratic conduct and haughty hearing. After constant administrative troubles, he was again forced to resign in 1912. From this time on he dropped out of sight, and disappeared from public life.