HC Deb 08 June 1871 vol 206 c1677
MR. RYLANDS

asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether Her Majesty's Government are of opinion that it is necessary to maintain a Military Attaché at St. Petersburg, and intend in consequence to fill up the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel Blane?

VISCOUNT ENFIELD

I have, Sir, every reason to believe that Her Majesty's Government intend filling up the post of Military Attaché at St. Petersburg, vacant through the death of Colonel Blane, the reasons which render it advisable to have a Military Commissioner in Paris, Berlin, and Vienna operating to an equal degree in the case of St. Petersburg.