Charles Malato

He was born to a noble Neapolitan family, his grandfather Count Malato being a Field Marshal and the Commander-in-Chief of the army of the last King of Naples.

On his return to France, Malato was condemned to fifteen months in prison for inciting murder, pillage and arson,[2] and instead went into exile in London.

He wrote for Georges Clemenceau's L'Aurore, L'Humanité, and the Journal du peuple (with Sébastien Faure) and partook in a revolutionary committee against nationalist activities.

[1] He was accused by French police in 1905 of organising an assassination attempt against King Alfonso XIII of Spain, but was acquitted.

At the outset of World War I, Malato was a supporter of the union sacrée and a signatory of the pro-Allies Manifesto of the Sixteen.