British Wash Hands of King Abdullah Army, Associated Press, Topeka State Journal, May 18, 1848.

London. May 18 (AP)- Britain disclaimed responsibility Tuesday for the activities of King Abdullah’s British-trained British-officered Arab legion in the Arab Jewish struggle for supremacy in Palestine.

A foreign office spokesman told newsmen the affairs of the legion are “not a matter of concern to Britain since her surrender of the League of Nations mandate in the Holy Land Saturday.

The spokesman sidestepped specific questions on the legion, which received a grant of 2 million pounds (8 million dollars) a year from the British treasury under a treaty signed early this year. The foreign office would not disclose its position on John Glubb Pasha brigadier commanding the legion. Glubb is a permanent major in the British reserves but is over age and not subject to British call for active service.

An Associated Press dispatch from Ramallah, Palestine. said Glubb had inspected positions the legion took up in central Palestine after three days of methodical operations. Glubb, wearing the red and white headdress of the legion toured forward gun posts in the Judean and Samarian hills, the ad vices said.

The foreign office would not say what Britain would do about other British officers detached for service with the Arab legion who still are eligible for service in Britain’s forces. Previously government officials had reported that such officers would be recalled if the Arab legion was used in attacks on the Jews outside the area earmarked for Arab control under the United Nations partition plan for Palestine.