Show GERMAN SUBSIDY TO AUTOS Novel Arrangement Has Deen Made to Provide Suitable Equipment In Case of War Washington Germany has gono further than subsidizing ships by subsidizing sub-sidizing automobiles Tho German governnment Is now paying 2142 to owners of automobiles of certain types which can bo seized In time of war following five years from date of pur chose and which can be utilized In military operations In order that none but the German army may benefit by this subsidy the provision Is made that time subsidy shall cease when such automobiles are shipped outside the empire The subsidized machines can bo acquired ac-quired only by the purchaser binding himself to turn them over to tho government gov-ernment whenever occasion requires Aside from this however the government gov-ernment pays a certain indemnity to tho owner of such automobiles the Indemnity In-demnity to be fixed by a board of military mil-itary appraisers and this Indemnity to be paid when the machines arc taken ta-ken for the use of the army Consul General S M Thackery nl Berlin reports that sates of such ma clines as are needed by tho German army are not permitted by the German Ger-man war office to bo made to forelgr countries |