Georges Sorel
Berth and Valois had been brought together by Georges Sorel when he was planning a Nationalist and socialist-leaning journal "La Cité française" in 1910. This journal never appeared, except as heralded in a flyer entitled "Déclaration de la Cité francaise" signed by Sorel, Valois, Berth, Jean Variot, and . However Variot quarrelled with Valois and went on to publish material with Sorel's support in "L'Indépendence".