10 FEBRUARY 1912, Page 3

The result of the by-election in East Edinburgh to fill

the vacancy caused by the death of Sir James Gibson was declared on the night of Friday, the 2nd inst., the figures being as follows : Mr. J. M. Flogge (L.), 5,064; Mr. J. G. Jameson (U.), 4,139. Liberal majority, 925. Thus on a register of 12,4.91 voters, or 129 less than at the election of December 1910, the Liberal vote has decreased by 1,372, and. the Liberal majority by 1,372, while the Unionist vote has increased by 357. Perhaps the most significant feature in the poll is the decrease in the total poll, which amounted to 1,015. This large abstention is attributed to the unpopularity of the Insurance Act and misgivings on the subject of Home Rule, and is to be welcomed as a reassuring sign of the turn of the tide rut Scotland.