The Czar Isn't at the Winter Palace

The czar was out at the imperial res dence in a suburb of tarskiselo, about 90 minute train ride away. The government hoped that the csar's absence would deflate the workers and sunday would pass without any problems. Gapon had explicitly banned the red flags of socialism to avoid accusations that they were dangerous revolutionaries. But he did have one kind of sort of back up plan: assuming that he would at least be invited into the winter palace to par lay with someone. If he waved the white handkerchief when he emerged, that meant the petition had been received and all well. When he waved the red handkerchief, that meant they had been rejected