31 AUGUST 1912, Page 3

The result of the election in East Carmarthen was declared

yesterday week as follows :—Rev. J. Towyn Jones (L.) 6,082, Mr. Mervyn Peel (U.) 3,354, Dr. J. H. Williams (Lab.) 1,039. Liberal majority over Unionist, 2,728. An analysis of the figures shows that on a total poll larger by 1,209 than in December 1910 there was an increase of 1,039 in the Unionist and 257 in the Liberal vote, and a decrease of 87 in the Labour vote. In face of such a formidable candidate as Mr. Jones, a brilliant and impassioned Welsh orator, the achievement of Mr. Peel in a stronghold of the cause of Disestablishment is decidedly encouraging.