Show REAL PROGRESS REPORTED fURi fUR FOR i PEACE PARLEY Sinn British-Sinn Fein Conference Confer- Confer ence enc Gives Up Attempt to Fix Responsibility for Past Breach of Truce r By Dy ED L. L KEEN Press Staff Correspondent LONDON Oct 14 Definite Definite progress toward peace has been made by the Irish conference This announcement was made today when the subcommittee reported to the delegates at 10 Downing street the re resu result re- re su suit sult t of their conversations yesterday yest Arthur Griffith and other Sinn Fein plenipotentiaries drove to the premiers premier's residence a few minutes before 11 I clock O'clock Only a small crowd of Irish sympathizers was on hand to gr greet t tI I them After today's session the work of the conference will consist largely In negotiation negotiation I n between subcommittees Both sides agreed It was futile to try I to fix responsibility for violations of I the truce and agreed to center their at atI attention attention at- at I on making effective the truce In I In the future Sinn Fein headquarters explained d that the statement attributed to o oI I Michael Collins yesterdays yesterday's session We Ve are not coming back was If it made only Mickey's 1 little Joke i The subcommittees It was was was' said to today day have made definite progress toward an understanding regarding ob obI observance observance ob- ob I servance of the truce Despite the official optimism however however how how- ever It was demand of SinnI Sinn I Fein for release of the prisoners would cause df difficulties before the conference conference- had proceeded much further Preliminary discussions It was said sale today toda might be cleared up by the first of next week and the practical work worl of hammering out an amicable Irish solution might be expected to commence com- com mence ence Monday or Tuesday Today's session lasted less than two hours and the delegates adjourned at nI o'clock this afternoon The next meet- meet I r Tr ting is ing of the conference was scheduled for Monday afternoon October 17 The time was arranged so as not to tor r conflict with the ceremonies Incident AO to to the decoration of the unknown warriors warrior's warriors warrior's war war- tomb by American Ambassador o Harvey p PRISONERS MISTREATED i DUBLIN Oct 14 Commenting on the condition of the Internment camps Ireland the Irish Bulletin alleges allegeR prisoners are subjected to gross brutality brutality bru- bru I and that the British authorities in Ireland refuse refue to stop suffering of the prisoners and submit to an V l investigation of 01 the conditions Ine in inthe the e camps |