Reaction to Declaration of war.

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Mr. Evans recalls his reaction to England's declaration of war on Germany in 1914.

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Well I, I, I, I thought very lightly of it. I thought it was more of a joke. I thought it was a fight between two Kings, you know. The Emperor was a, was safe in Germany and I believe England had King George, was it, or was it King Edward. My memory is wrong. Well there was two kings on the throne and they... in fact, they were all Kings at that time (inaudible). There was no Hitler in them days.

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