SIBERIA — HERE WE COME!
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'['HE trip to Russia had its lighter I. moments and in view of the badinage that took place it is perhaps surprising that all the members of the party returned safely.
At a Press conference held by Moscow City Transport the interpreter was puzzled by a question about the horsepower of a bus. His confusion was not diminished when someone suggested that yak power might he the term in Russia.
Service in Russian hotels was slow and erratic but full of surprises. A journalist who asked for biscuits with his cheese eventually received a large slab of cream-filled chocolate cake.
Russian journalists avidly greeted the party, but were interested only in the visitors' views on the latest Soviet rocket. It was said that the Russians had launched the rocket merely to divert attention from the record-breaking run by the British coach.
Russian champagne is probably the reason for the success of Soviet rockets. The corks are made of plastics and can be guaranteed to travel about 50 ft. vertically at supersonic speed when eased out of thi: bottle.
The Russians can laugh at themselves, hut they need Fred Lewis, editor of Ford Times, to make them do so. Jokes about Siberia had the Intourist guides shaking with mirth. When they called their visitors capitalists, they laughed even more than the British did.
Incredulous parting question by guide " Arc all the English like you ? "